Middle-Class Mothers on Urban School Selection in Gentrifying Areas

  • While the mothers expressed an equity agenda honoring educational diversity actual school selections outcomes belied their liberal intentions.

  • The narratives presented are consistent with DeSena’s (2009) research that middle class parents will express a politically progressive ideology but act in their own self interest

  • Social practice played a significant role in this study. Virtual and neighborhood networks were essential to the formation of knowledge production in this study.

  • Authors found that social networks became information sources for the parents who framed educational decision-making in market terms.