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Choice as Rule, Exception and Coincidence: Parents' Understandings of Catchment Areas in Berlin

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  • Kathleen Noreisch

    (Department of Geography, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK, kathleen.noreisch@kcl.ac.uk)

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This paper examines the interplay between parents' interpretations of the laws surrounding primary school enrolment and their formation of strategies to ensure enrolment at their desired schools in an inner-city district in Berlin, Germany. It is based primarily on data collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews. The paper argues that parents interpret the laws surrounding the role of catchment areas in different ways and are able to justify their actions based on these interpretations. Finally, it examines the institutional side of school allocation, arguing first that although headteachers officially do not have the power to decide whether applications are accepted or not, they often cast the deciding vote and, secondly, that the system is kept intentionally non-transparent, to maintain flexibility.

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  • Kathleen Noreisch, 2007. "Choice as Rule, Exception and Coincidence: Parents' Understandings of Catchment Areas in Berlin," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(7), pages 1307-1328, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:44:y:2007:i:7:p:1307-1328
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980701302320
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    1. Garry Robson & Tim Butler, 2001. "Coming to Terms with London: Middle‐class Communities in a Global City," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 70-86, March.
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    1. Kaire Põder & Triin Lauri, 2014. "Will Choice Hurt? Compared to What? School Choice Experiment in Estonia," TUT Economic Research Series 11, Department of Finance and Economics, Tallinn University of Technology.

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