Maintaining the legitimacy of school choice in the segregated schooling environment of Amsterdam

In 2015, Amsterdam implemented a centralised primary school admissions policy, constraining school choice after a long history of highly autonomous schools and free parental choice which has resulted, in part, in the city's segregated schooling environment. Introduced out of concerns of inequal...

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Published in:Comparative education 2023-01, Vol.59 (1), p.118-135
Main Authors: Sissing, Shelby, Boterman, Willem R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Admission (School)
Admission Criteria
Admissions policies
Educational Change
Elementary Schools
Equal Education
Foreign Countries
Inequality
Legitimacy
Marketing
Neighborhood Schools
Outcomes of Education
School Choice
School Policy
School Segregation
Schools
segregation
the Netherlands
Urban Schools
择校, 招生政策
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Summary:In 2015, Amsterdam implemented a centralised primary school admissions policy, constraining school choice after a long history of highly autonomous schools and free parental choice which has resulted, in part, in the city's segregated schooling environment. Introduced out of concerns of inequality for parents and disorganisation by schools, this policy implemented a uniform choosing procedure and a distance-based priority mechanism. Drawing on interviews with school directors and municipal education officials, this paper examines how schools seek to maintain their legitimacy in a highly segregated school choice environment undergoing constrained change. The Amsterdam case serves as a unique example of local education officials confronting the well-documented negative effects of school choice through policies controlling school choice in an era of global school choice expansion.
ISSN:0305-0068
1360-0486
DOI:10.1080/03050068.2022.2094580