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School Choice to Lower Secondary Schools and Mechanisms of Segregation in Urban Finland

Published:2016-10-21 Issue:10 Volume:55 Page:1461-1488
ISSN:0042-0859
Container-title:Urban Education
language:en
Short-container-title:Urban Education

Author:

Kosunen Sonja¹,Bernelius Venla¹,Seppänen Piia²,Porkka Miina³

Affiliation:

1. University of Helsinki, Finland

2. University of Turku, Finland

3. Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Abstract

We explore the interconnections of pupil admission and school choice with the socioeconomic composition of schools in the city of Espoo, Finland. We analyze pupil enrollment from residential areas, and compare the schools’ expected and actual socioeconomic profiles using GIS software (MapInfo). Social-diversification mechanisms within urban comprehensive schooling emerged: Distinctive choices of language and selective classes are made predominantly by pupils from residential blocks with higher socioeconomic profiles. The role of urban segregation in school choice seems to be stronger than predicted. As mechanisms of educational distinction accompanied with grouping policies, choice leads to socioeconomic segregation across and within schools.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Urban Studies,Education

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0042085916666933

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