The determinants and dynamics of school choice

Abstract

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Markedsretting av utdanning og strukturell rasisme

“…I denne sammenheng har det vaert sentralt å vise hvordan forhold som utvilsomt bidrar til å svekke etniske minoritetselevers betingelser i skolen, ikke er utledet av en eksplisitt rasistisk motivert politikk, men av en politikk som (i hvert fall retorisk) har til formål å fremme demokratisk deltagelse og individuelle rettigheter. Dekoblingen til rasistisk ideologi har bidratt til at den type systematiske forskjeller som her er beskrevet og som kan knyttes til markedsretting, både faglig og politisk er blitt vist til som «uheldige» og «utilsiktede» konsekvenser, men også som kostnader av en politikk som tar forbrukerrettigheter på alvor (Sandsør, 2020;Utdannings-og forskningsdepartementet, 2002). I dag finnes det imidlertid bred kunnskap om hvordan introduksjon av markedsstyringsprinsipper innenfor utdanningssektoren bidrar til disse «uheldige konsekvensene», men også hvordan flere av virkemidlene beskrevet her opp gjennom historien aktivt er blitt brukt for å legitimere og opprettholde segregering langs etniske skillelinjer i skolen (Au, 2016;Pihl, 2000Pihl, , 2010Suitts, 2020).…”

Dynamics in Education Politics

“…New forms of "good parenthood" and familism have emerged as a reaction to individualist and instrumental ist trends ( Jallinoja, 2006). Middle-class parents in particular rely on the daily contact they have with other parents and teachers to monitor their children's educational and social experiences (van Zanten, 2015). One of the key dimen sions of the dynamics of family strategies is the intertwinement of soft schoolchoice policies with a middle-class lifestyle and parenthood.…”

“…On the global level it seems that the most powerful impediments to school choice are economic in nature (van Zanten, 2015). However, this does not seem to be so obvious in Finland -or at least not to the same extent as in countries in which sending a child to a school other than the local one incurs costs for transportation, school fees and the like.The very limited private sector guaran tees the possibility of choice to all families in principle.…”