RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 No Choice Is the “Right” Choice: Black Parents’ Educational Decision-Making in Their Search for a “Good” School
JF Harvard Educational Review
JO herp
FD Harvard Educational Press
SP 38
OP 61
DO 10.17763/1943-5045-91.1.38
VO 91
IS 1
A1 POSEY-MADDOX, LINN
A1 de ROYSTON, MAXINE MCKINNEY
A1 HOLMAN, ALEA R.
A1 RALL, RAQUEL M.
A1 JOHNSON, RACHEL A.
YR 2021
UL http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/91/1/38.abstract
AB In this article, Linn Posey-Maddox, Maxine McKinney de Royston, Alea R. Holman, Raquel M. Rall, and Rachel A. Johnson examine Black parents’ educational decision-making in the racial and educational contexts of predominantly white suburban districts, majority-Black urban schools with an Afrocentric focus, and racially diverse urban public and private schools. Undertaking a qualitative meta-analysis, they ask, How and why is anti-Black racism salient in Black parents’ educational decision-making around schooling? Their findings reveal that race and anti-Black racism are central to Black parents’ school choice decisions. Specifically, they shape the trade-offs parents made in choosing a school for their child(ren), their ongoing risk assessments regarding the potential for racialized harm in their child(ren)’s schooling, and their continuous decision-making about whether to keep their child enrolled or move them to a different school. Regardless of geography, school type, grade level, and/or social class, race and anti-Black racism shape Black parents’ educational decision-making as they work to ensure that their child(ren) receive a high-quality education within highly racialized schooling contexts.