ERIC Number: EJ1145031
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jul
Pages: 29
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Disengaging Parents in Urban Schooling
Luet, Kathryn McGinn
Educational Policy, v31 n5 p674-702 Jul 2017
Drawing on a 5-year qualitative study, this article explores opportunities for and barriers to parental engagement in a small, urban school district. Two competing narratives of parental involvement emerge. In one, parents describe their reluctance to engage formally in a district that continually fails their children. In the other, stakeholders argue that schools will not improve until parents become involved. Data demonstrate that many parents actively support their children's education, exhibiting various forms of what Yosso terms "community cultural wealth." This article concludes by questioning the claim that parents are not involved, utilizing Bourdieu's theories of symbolic capital and symbolic violence to explain the prevalence of this discourse of disengagement.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Qualitative Research, Barriers, Opportunities, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Educational Policy, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Institutional Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Administration, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Semi Structured Interviews, Observation, Grounded Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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