Educational Inequality in an Affluent Setting: An Exploration of Resources and Opportunity.

[摘要] This dissertation critically engages contemporary theories of educational inequalitywhich argue resource provision is the lynchpin to educational equality. The bulk ofprevious research on educational inequality has concentrated on comparing studentsbetween schools who attended differently resourced and grossly segregated schoolswhich has obscured the role of resources. Thus in school districts where Black and White,rich and poor attend the same schools, the sources of inequality appear unclear. Mydissertation explores the role of resources in an affluent setting by exploring the in andout-of-school lives of Black and White families who attend the same schools. Using aresource uptake perspective, I argue that provision of resources, in and of itself, is aninsufficient policy tool for the production of equality. Instead, I argue in areas whereresources are present inequality is bred in the unequal uptake of school related resourcesalong racial and social class lines. My analysis offers a different articulation of theoperations of race and social class in the production of inequality in the post-Civil Rights era. The data for this dissertation are drawn from in-depth interviews, ethnographicobservation, archives, and systematic classroom observations of 31 families, teachers,and administrators.

[发布机构] University of Michigan

[效力级别] Race

[关键词] Educational Inequality;Race;Social Class;Sociology;Social Sciences;Public Policy & Sociology