Informal and institutional barriers may limit teacher movement between charter schools and traditional public schools (TPSs). However, we know little about how teachers choose schools in areas with a robust charter school sector. This study uses qualitative data from 123 teachers to examine teachers’ job decisions in three cities with varying charter densities: San Antonio, Detroit, and New Orleans. Our findings illuminate different types of segmentation and factors that facilitate and limit mobility between sectors. We find that structural policies within each sector can create barriers to mobility across charter schools and TPSs and that teachers’ ideological beliefs and values serve as informal, personal barriers that reinforce divides between sectors. This study offers implications for policy in districts with school choice.

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切换还是不切换？择校和劳动力市场细分对教师求职的影响


非正式和制度性障碍可能会限制教师在特许学校和传统公立学校 (TPS) 之间的流动。然而，我们对特许学校部门强大的地区教师如何选择学校知之甚少。本研究使用来自 123 名教师的定性数据来考察圣安东尼奥、底特律和新奥尔良这三个具有不同特许密度的城市中教师的工作决策。我们的研究结果阐明了不同类型的细分以及促进和限制部门之间流动的因素。我们发现，每个部门内的结构性政策可能会对特许学校和 TPS 之间的流动造成障碍，而教师的意识形态信仰和价值观则成为非正式的个人障碍，加剧了部门之间的分歧。这项研究为择校地区的政策提供了启示。