Choice without markets: homeschooling in the context of private education

Aurini, Janice; Davies, Scott

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“…In recent years, however, this landscape has been dramatically transformed. Charter and magnet schools, niche curricula private schools, and learning centers are becoming more numerous, while homeschooling has gone mainstream (Aurini, 2004;Aurini and Davies, 2005;Fuller, 2000;Stevens, 2001Stevens, , 2003. Beyond sheer growth, these services are gaining clout with parents.…”

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Crafting Legitimation Projects: An Institutional Analysis of Private Education Businesses

Aurini

2006

Sociol Forum

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Institutional analyses of education systems typically assume that they secure legitimation through a process of almost unproblematic adoption of standard templates. A qualitative analysis of two forms of private education businesses reveals, however, that they routinely shed some of the most sacred schooling scripts. Despite this, these businesses are flourishing. This analysis finds that education organizations can actively craft a "legitimation project" by engaging in strategic isomorphism and by responding to new pressures in the technical environment, such as consumer demands for individualized education programs. In this view, garnering legitimacy includes multiple avenues for myth-making, coupling, and logic-of-confidence strategies.

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Crafting Legitimation Projects: An Institutional Analysis of Private Education Businesses

Aurini

2006

Sociol Forum

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“…Religious schools, for instance, are primarily valued by clients for their faith orientation (Zine, 2006(Zine, , 2008, though they take very pragmatic approaches to their organization, economizing when needed. Homeschooling similarly appeals to parents with either religious or 'alternative' cultural values (Aurini & Davies, 2005;Davies & Aurini, 2003;Stevens, 2001). Public schools of the arts are also attracting increasing numbers of clients who hold widely varying notions of the value and meaning of art (Gaztambide-Fernandez et al, 2015).…”

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Open competition or balkanized coexistence? The effects of market segments on Toronto private schools

Milian¹,

Davies²

2017

EPAA

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For over 25 years, school choice advocates have argued that market competition drives educational organizations to become more differentiated and technically-oriented. However, empirical research has only partially supported this view, observing such outcomes only under certain conditions. To better understand the contingent nature of market effects within education, we draw on sociological and organizational theories that emphasize the 'embeddedness' of economic behavior. We test this idea using data from all private schools in Toronto, Canada, a strategic setting that approximates a 'pure' market by being mostly free of public governance. We find that, net of factors like school size and age, market segment is associated with the presence of a variety of organizational features. In conclusion, we ponder ways that institutional norms and community ties not only buffer schools from market forces, but also, infuse consumer preferences. Keywords: private schools; economic sociology; markets; Toronto ¿La competencia abierta o coexistencia balcanizada? Los efectos de los segmentos de mercado en las escuelas privadas de Toronto Resumen: Durante más de 25 años, defensores de la opción escolar han argumentado que la competencia del mercado impulsa a las organizaciones educativas a ser más diferenciadas y técnicamente orientadas. Sin embargo, la investigación empírica sólo ha apoyado parcialmente esta opinión, observando tales resultados sólo bajo ciertas condiciones. Para entender mejor la naturaleza contingente de los efectos del mercado dentro de la educación, nos basamos en teorías sociológicas y organizacionales que enfatizan la "embeddedness" del comportamiento económico. Probamos esta idea usando datos de todas las escuelas privadas en Toronto, Canadá, un escenario estratégico que se aproxima a un mercado "puro" por estar en su mayoría libre de gobierno público. Encontramos que, aparte de factores como el tamaño de la escuela y la edad, el segmento de mercado se asocia con la presencia de una variedad de características organizacionales. En conclusión, reflexionamos sobre cómo las normas institucionales y los lazos comunitarios no sólo protegen a las escuelas de las fuerzas del mercado, sino también infunden las preferencias de los consumidores. Palabras-clave: escuelas privadas; sociología económica; mercados; Toronto Concorrência aberta ou coexistência balcanizada? Os efeitos dos segmentos de mercado nas escolas particulares de Toronto Resumo: Durante más de 25 años, defensores de la opción escolar han argumentado que la competencia del mercado impulsa a las organizaciones educativas a ser más diferenciadas y técnicamente orientadas. Sin embargo, la investigación empírica sólo ha apoyado parcialmente esta opinión, observando tales resultados sólo bajo ciertas condiciones. Para entender mejor la naturaleza contingente de los efectos del mercado dentro de la educación, nos basamos en teorías sociológicas y organizacionales que enfatizan la "embeddedness" del comportamiento económico. Probamos esta idea ...

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“…However, the history of modern homeschooling can be traced back to the 1960s and 1970s as a reactionary response by religious fundamentalists (ideologues from the countercultural right) and experimental unschoolers (pedagogues from the countercultural left) to the perceived inadequacies of the public school educational system (Aurini & Davies, 2005;Gaither, 2008). Emerging as the representative of the countercultural left's disappointment with public school pedagogy was John Holt (Knowles, Marlow, & Muchmore, 1992).…”

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An Evaluative Study of the Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Students Versus Traditionally Schooled Students Attending a Catholic University

Snyder¹

2013

JOCE

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Choice without markets: homeschooling in the context of private education

Cited by 85 publications

References 22 publications

Crafting Legitimation Projects: An Institutional Analysis of Private Education Businesses

Crafting Legitimation Projects: An Institutional Analysis of Private Education Businesses

Open competition or balkanized coexistence? The effects of market segments on Toronto private schools

An Evaluative Study of the Academic Achievement of Homeschooled Students Versus Traditionally Schooled Students Attending a Catholic University

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