What is it about?
This study examines, through a long-term retrospective inquiry, the experiences of low-income students who were enrolled in an elite school in Chile in the late 1960s. and early 1970s. This retrospective case study examines their experiences, both positive and negative, and their perspectives on the long-term impact attending the school has had on their lives.
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Why is it important?
The study has notable lessons for the importance and challenges related to social-integration in schools as a policy issue and a programmatic consideration.
Perspectives
This was a fascinating and often poignant qualitative study in which older adults reflected upon a unique opportunity in their youth, often with painful memories of discrimination coupled with reflections of personal social transformation.
TJ D’Agostino
University of Notre Dame
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This page is a summary of: How Integration Changed Us: The Experiences and Long-Term Impact of Socioeconomic School Integration in Chile, January 2022, American Educational Research Association (AERA),
DOI: 10.3102/1882089.
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