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Rethinking School Choice: Educational Options, Control, and Sovereignty in Indian Country

Castagno, Angelina E., Garcia, David R., Blalock, Nicole·2016·Journal of School Choice
DOI 10.1080/15582159.2016.1153379
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Abstract

Despite the plethora of schooling options in Indigenous communities, the public policy debate, research, and discourse on school choice is almost entirely absent a specific engagement with how school choice intersects issues relevant to American Indian youth and tribal nations. This article suggests that Indian Country is an important and unique context for understanding the meaning and processes of school choice because of the government-to-government relationship between tribal nations and the federal government, the sovereign status of tribal nations, the nation-building goals of tribes, and the muddled history of schooling options within Native communities. We offer an alternative way of conceptualizing “school choice” that is more applicable to Indigenous communities and that has yet to be articulated in the literature. First, while schooling options have existed in Indian Country for much longer than has been the case in other communities, the presence of schooling options has not historically been centered upon offering youth and families choices. Instead, it has been about control—control of the schooling offered to Indigenous youth, and therefore, control of youth and communities themselves. Second, while school choice policies focus on autonomy as an important governance principle to prompt change in traditional public school systems, sovereignty has and remains the most salient governance issue within Indigenous communities.

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Authors
Castagno, A. E., Garcia, D. R., & Blalock, N.
Affiliations
  • Northern Arizona University (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Castagno, Angelina E.
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Venue
Journal of School Choice
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2016-04-02
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
227-248
ISSN
  • 1558-2159 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-2167
DOI
10.1080/15582159.2016.1153379
OpenAlex
W2404363252
Semantic Scholar
2583de63bde444abe2310545d40ba7c5e976d508
Cited by
6
References
73
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
FWCI
1.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of School Choice (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Education › Indigenous and Place-Based Education
Keywords
school choice, indigenous education, tribal sovereignty, tribal nations, Native American youth, government-to-government relations, federal Indian policy, educational control, autonomy, nation-building

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