Place matters: A critical review of place inquiry and spatial methods in education research

A Butler, KA Sinclair - Review of research in education, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Place is an inescapable aspect of daily life and is intimately linked to our life experiences.
An expanding body of research has investigated how place shapes the “geography of …

Race, geography, and school choice policy: A critical analysis of Detroit students' suburban school choices

J Singer, SW Lenhoff - AERA Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study is to advance our thinking about race and racism in geospatial
analyses of school choice policy. To do so, we present a critical race spatial analysis of …

Geospatial analysis: A new window into educational equity, access, and opportunity

CD Cobb - Review of Research in Education, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A robust body of geographic education policy research has been amassing over the past 25
years, as researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds have recognized the value …

Exiting Detroit for school: Inequitable choice sets and school quality

SW Lenhoff, J Singer, B Pogodzinski… - Journal of Education …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research has documented the complexity of parent decision-making within school choice
marketplaces, including the ways in which individual preferences, social networks, and …

The spatiality of economic maldistribution in public-school funding in Australia: Still a poisonous debate

K MacDonald, A Keddie, S Eacott… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses the composition, distribution, and history of school funding in Australia
through a spatial lens (Soja 2010). We explore multi-scalar school funding policy through …

Policy‐driven education‐led gentrification and its spatiotemporal dynamics: Evidence from Shanghai, China

R Cai, L Hu, S He - The Geographical Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a highly sought‐after resource by parents, quality schools exert a strong influence on the
housing market and other aspects of social life worldwide. Given the long‐lasting …

An evaluation of accessibility to preschool education institutions using geographic information systems

M Köse, M Koçyiğit, C Erdem, IM Jega - Education and Information …, 2021 - Springer
This study aims to evaluate current locations of preschool education institutions and suggest
alternative spatial arrangements in the Afyonkarahisar province in Turkey, using heuristic …

Education policy is spatial policy: Using spatial imaginaries to enhance education policy research

B Mann, J Dudek - Policy Futures in Education, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Education policy scholars must consider spatial theories and related methodologies. Spatial
theories encourage rich understandings of education policy because education and place …

The role of place, geography, and geographic information systems in educational research

B Mann, A Saultz - Aera Open, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the strong relationship between geography and education policy, educational
research tends to draw from other fields of inquiry such as economics, political science, and …

Getting books in children's hands: Creating a citywide book distribution policy using a mixed-methods geospatial approach

SB Neuman, D Celano… - American Educational …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Recognizing the academic benefits of access to print for young children, book distribution
programs abound in the United States. Designed to promote book ownership for low-income …