The Value of Schooling for Elite High School Students in Mexico City
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https://doi.org/10.24320/redie.2019.21.e06.1833Keywords:
Private schools, private education, schooling, social class.Abstract
This paper examines the value of schooling for students of elite high schools in Mexico City. The study begins by documenting the fact that these students’ academic performance is poor in comparison to students of similar socio-economic status in other countries, and on the basis of their results in standardized national tests. Clearly, such unsatisfactory academic performance by these students, who attend private institutions with a wealth of resources, cannot be attributed to financial hardship and a resulting lack of educational opportunities. This work explores the hypothesis that, for young students from this social circle – who enjoy vast inherited wealth – educational merit and talent do not play a key role in their conception of life or professional development. To support this hypothesis, this study explores the value placed on schooling both by parents and the directors of elite private schools.Downloads
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Benveniste, L., Carnoy, M. y Rothstein, R. (2003). All else equal: are public and private schools different? Nueva York: Routledge Falmer.
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Lerner, V. (1979). La educación socialista. México: El Colegio de México.
Levin, H. (2001). Privatizing education. Boulder, CO: West view Press.
Levin, H. y Belfield, C. (2003). Education privatization: causes, consequences, and planning implications. París: International Institute for Educational Planning of UNESCO.
Lubienski, C. A. y Theule, S. (2014). The public school advantage: why public schools outperform private schools. Chicago: The University of Chicago.
OCDE (2011). “Private Schools? Who benefits”, PISA in Focus 7.
Raphael, Ricardo.
Reforma. “Las mejores preparatorias privadas 2013.”
Secretaría de Educación Pública. (2014). Sistema Nacional de Información Estadística Educativa.
Tiramonti, G. y Ziegler, S. (2008). La educación de las élites. Aspiraciones, estrategias y oportunidades, Buenos Aires: Paidós.
Torres, V. (2004). La educación privada en México, 1903-1976. México: El Colegio de México/Universidad Iberoamericana.
Ziegler, S. y Gessaghi, V. (2012). Formación de las élites: investigaciones y debates en Argentina, Brasil y Francia. Buenos Aires: Manantial-Flacso.
Zweigenhaft, R. (1992). The application of social and cultural capital: a study of the 25th reunion entries of prep school and public school graduates of Yale College. Higher Education, 23(3), 311-20. Recuperado de https://www.jstor.org/stable/3447379
Zweigenhaft, R. (1993). Prep school and public school graduates of Harvard. The Journal of Higher Education 64(2), 211-25. doi:10.1080/00221546.1993.11778423
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2019-03-05
