Contested Justice: Rethinking Educational Equity Through New York City’s COVID-19 School Reopening Debates

Freidus, Alexandra; Turner, Erica O.

doi:10.3102/01623737221121802

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“…Disparities in the quality of education, access to advanced educational opportunities, and skill mismatches in the job market can exacerbate income inequality [18], [19]. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for effective policy formulation [20].…”

Section: Education and Income Inequalitymentioning

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Impact Analysis of Economic Factors, Education, and Access to Resources on Income Gap in Yogyakarta

Mashuri,

Nasruddin,

Judijanto

et al. 2023

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This research delves into the intricate dynamics of income inequality in Yogyakarta, focusing on the interplay of Access to Resources, Economic Factors, Education, and the resulting Income Gap. Utilizing a quantitative approach, the study employs Structural Equation Modeling to analyze data collected from a diverse sample. The findings reveal significant relationships between these socio-economic variables, shedding light on the nuanced factors contributing to income disparities. Access to Resources emerges as a pivotal factor, alongside the influence of Economic Factors and the mitigating effect of Education. The results carry profound policy implications, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to enhance resource accessibility, foster inclusive economic development, and promote educational opportunities. This research contributes to the broader discourse on income inequality, offering actionable insights for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners invested in creating a more equitable socio-economic landscape in Yogyakarta.

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Section: Education and Income Inequalitymentioning

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Impact Analysis of Economic Factors, Education, and Access to Resources on Income Gap in Yogyakarta

Mashuri,

Nasruddin,

Judijanto

et al. 2023

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“…For the 2020-21 school year, educational leaders needed to decide when and how to "reopen" their schools, or reintroduce in-person learning options. These decisions were politically and ethically difficult, as leaders weighed the social, emotional, and academic consequences for students along with the health threat to students, parents, educators, and the community at large (Freidus & Turner, 2022). 1 So, how did educational leaders decide when and how to reopen their schools, and what factors influenced their decisions?…”

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The Politics of School Reopening During COVID-19: A Multiple Case Study of Five Urban Districts in the 2020–21 School Year

Singer

Marsh

Menefee-Libey

et al. 2023

Educational Administration Quarterly

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Purpose: Nearly all schools in the United States closed in spring 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze traditional public and charter school reopenings for the 2020–21 school year in five urban districts. We provide a rich and theoretically grounded description of how and why educational leaders made reopening decisions in each of our case districts. Research Methods: We used data from a multiple-case study from March 2020 to July 2021. The research team conducted 56 interviews with school, district, and system-level leaders; triangulated with publicly available data; and also drew on interview data from a subsample of parents and guardians in each of our sites. We analyzed these data through qualitative coding and memo writing and conducted detailed single- and cross-case analyses. Findings: School system leaders in our case sites generally consulted public health authorities, accounted for state-level health and educational guidance, and engaged with and were responsive to the interests of different stakeholders. Districts’ adherence to and strategic uses of public health guidance, as well as a combination of union-district relations and labor market dynamics, influenced reopening. Parents, city, and state lawmakers, and local institutional conditions also played a role, helping to explain differences across cases. Implications: In contrast to the “politics or science” framing that has dominated research and public discourse on school reopening, we show that local pandemic conditions and local political dynamics both mattered and in fact were interrelated. Our findings have some implications for how educational leaders might navigate future crises.

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“…This special issue also furthers Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA) editors’ commitment to making the journal a home for the best research on education policy and their efforts to encourage methodologically and theoretically diverse submissions. While the critical policy approach has not been commonly published in EEPA , there has been some space for critical perspectives in the journal (e.g., Datnow, 2000; Freidus & Turner, 2022; Jabbar, 2015). We hope that this special issue will help to spur the publication of more such contributions in the future.…”

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Improving Researchers’ Capacity to Address Injustice: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Turner,

Baker,

Jabbar

2024

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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Many education policy researchers have turned to critical policy analysis as a means to better understand and examine injustices in education and beyond. However, such work is still uncommon in educational journals. In this introduction, we describe the purposes of this special issue and offer readers a framework for understanding critical approaches to education policy research, its general tenets, and how it differs from other kinds of policy research. We then outline the contributions of the articles in this special issue. We highlight analytic moves that researchers of all kinds can make based on the critical education policy research tenets we discuss. The introduction concludes with suggestions for where we hope the field will go next.

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Contested Justice: Rethinking Educational Equity Through New York City’s COVID-19 School Reopening Debates

Cited by 9 publications

References 73 publications

Impact Analysis of Economic Factors, Education, and Access to Resources on Income Gap in Yogyakarta

Impact Analysis of Economic Factors, Education, and Access to Resources on Income Gap in Yogyakarta

The Politics of School Reopening During COVID-19: A Multiple Case Study of Five Urban Districts in the 2020–21 School Year

Improving Researchers’ Capacity to Address Injustice: An Introduction to the Special Issue

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