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Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than others

  • Written by Bailey A. Brown, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Spelman College
Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than othersShifting policies such as school choice give parents more school options than they had a few decades before.iStock/Getty Images Plus

Deciding where to send your child to kindergarten has become one of the most high-stakes moments in many American families’ lives.

A few factors have made selecting an elementary school particularly challenging...

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