“A Great School Benefits Us All”: Advantaged Parents and the Gentrification of an Urban Public School

@article{Freidus2019AGS,
  title={“A Great School Benefits Us All”: Advantaged Parents and the Gentrification of an Urban Public School},
  author={Alexandra Freidus},
  journal={Urban Education},
  year={2019},
  volume={54},
  pages={1121 - 1148}
}
Middle-class, professional, and White families in gentrifying cities are increasingly choosing neighborhood public schools. As critical consumers of public education, these families frequently bring not only new resources to schools but also new demands. This article examines the process of “school gentrification” by analyzing the discourse of a neighborhood parents’ listserv. I find that as they worked to make their local public school “great,” advantaged parents performed the role of careful… 
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