"Red Light" in Chile: Parents Participating as Consumers of Education Under Global Neoliberal Policies

Los apoderados, los enemigos: perspectivas de directores escolares en Chile sobre los conflictos escolares

“…Una capacidad necesaria, que requiere ser desarrollada por los directores, es gestionar la relación entre la escuela y la familia. Según los datos de este estudio, las familias en Chile -haciendo eco del modelo de mercado existente-tienden a entender su rol como consumidores de educación (López, Aravena, & Sisto, 2012), y la existencia de la Superintendencia puede incluso haber reforzado este rol. Ante una relación distante con la escuela, lo más efectivo puede ser dirigirse a otro interlocutor, reemplazando a los actores educativos.…”

Forms of Capital and Teachers’ Views of Collaboration and Threat Relations With Parents in Israeli Schools

“…These relations occur in organized and institutional forms at the school level (e.g., the PTA) and, to an increasing extent, sporadically at the individual level, between teachers and parents. This reflects López et al’s (2012) argument that “[t]he neo-liberal approach allocates responsibility on schools, which in turn deposits responsibility on teachers, parents, and students, thus turning political and collective responsibility into an individual undertaking” (p. 49). Parent–teacher relations are indeed frequently based on individual interactions.…”

“…It was found that parents with high-SES backgrounds tend to be more involved in school and in their children’s education than their counterparts from low-SES backgrounds (review in Stacer & Perrucci, 2012). High-SES parents, who frequently have more formal education and often possess higher educational or status levels than their child’s teacher, tend to keep an eye on teachers, scrutinize their work, and get involved on pedagogical issues (Lewis & Forman, 2002; López et al, 2012). They use their resources (such as education, income, social networks) to intervene in school and enforce their demands and will (Bæck, 2010; Lareau, 1987, 2000; Lareau & Horvat, 1999; Weininger & Lareau, 2003).…”

“…Parents are often viewed as consumers who seek to exercise their prerogative to establish individual forms of involvement in schools (Harvey, 2005; Hornby & Lafaele, 2011; López, Madrid, & Sisto, 2012). Nowadays, in many countries, parents are perceived as an integral part of the school’s efforts; they have gained influence over various educational issues and participate in school governance (Borgonovi & Montt, 2012; Dusi, 2012).…”

‘Estoy aprendiendo yo con los niños otra vez cómo es el sistema’ Modos otros de la experiencia educativa de madres y padres en escuelas chilenas en contextos migratorios

“…Sin embargo, existen pocos estudios que se han referido a la posición de los padres/ madres como ciudadanos/as con respecto a la educación, y casi inexistentes son aquellos estudios sobre la posicionan que ocupan los padres/madres como fuente de conocimiento de su capital cultural en el contexto escolar (Bellei et al, 2002;Cornejo & Rosales, 2015;Gubbins, 2001;López et al, 2012;Stefoni et al, 2010;Zamora, 2013).…”