Dieuwke Zwier
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social
Postdoc @eui-eu.bsky.social (& @roamaastricht.bsky.social) | PhD from @uva.nl @aissr.bsky.social | sociology of education, social stratification, school choice, social networks
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Be true to your school: School profiling and school sorting by socio-economic status
Many national education systems have schools that adopt distinctive elements like alternative pedagogical concepts or specialty themes. This “school p…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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➡️ School profiles shape how students sort into schools, but only modestly. This doesn't mean students from different backgrounds attend similar schools. Instead, SES disparities are pre-structured by unequal access and other choice dynamics, rather than reflecting different preferences. 4/4
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
➡️ School profiles shape how students sort into schools, but only modestly. This doesn't mean students from different backgrounds attend similar schools. Instead, SES disparities are pre-structured by unequal access and other choice dynamics, rather than reflecting different preferences. 4/4
Families also self-sort: progressive concepts attract fewer lower-SES students and higher-SES families are less likely to choose labor market-themed schools. Yet preference disparities are not always in the expected direction: e.g., international themes are more popular among lower-SES families. 3/4
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Families also self-sort: progressive concepts attract fewer lower-SES students and higher-SES families are less likely to choose labor market-themed schools. Yet preference disparities are not always in the expected direction: e.g., international themes are more popular among lower-SES families. 3/4
I find that school access is socially stratified: socio-economically advantaged students can choose from a more diverse pool of schools, since profiles are more often offered in academically-oriented than in pre-vocational schools.
August 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I find that school access is socially stratified: socio-economically advantaged students can choose from a more diverse pool of schools, since profiles are more often offered in academically-oriented than in pre-vocational schools.
Super interesting study, congrats on getting it out!
June 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Super interesting study, congrats on getting it out!
This study is part of my dissertation and also my first single-authored publication -- very happy it's out and shareable (even before formal typesetting)!
🔗Interested in the school data? Contact me via DANS: doi.org/10.17026/SS/.... 5/5
🔗Interested in the school data? Contact me via DANS: doi.org/10.17026/SS/.... 5/5
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This study is part of my dissertation and also my first single-authored publication -- very happy it's out and shareable (even before formal typesetting)!
🔗Interested in the school data? Contact me via DANS: doi.org/10.17026/SS/.... 5/5
🔗Interested in the school data? Contact me via DANS: doi.org/10.17026/SS/.... 5/5
➡️I find little support for a relation between social capital and school type. This may be explained by contrasting peer effects or the peer group definition. One exception is that resource-rich, school-based parental networks seem to play a compensatory role for lower SES students. 4/5
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
➡️I find little support for a relation between social capital and school type. This may be explained by contrasting peer effects or the peer group definition. One exception is that resource-rich, school-based parental networks seem to play a compensatory role for lower SES students. 4/5
One implication is that desegregation through current policies, affecting a subset of schools, is hard: promoting comprehensive schooling (with subsidies or local agreements) may not drastically alter segregation levels if families can continue to self-sort in different specialized schools. 3/5
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One implication is that desegregation through current policies, affecting a subset of schools, is hard: promoting comprehensive schooling (with subsidies or local agreements) may not drastically alter segregation levels if families can continue to self-sort in different specialized schools. 3/5
➡️Using linked sociometric, web and register data from NL, I find evidence for social stratification in secondary school choice: higher SES students tend to avoid specialized pre-vocational schools, prefer academically-oriented schools, and opt for mixed-ability classes at mid-performance levels. 2/5
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
➡️Using linked sociometric, web and register data from NL, I find evidence for social stratification in secondary school choice: higher SES students tend to avoid specialized pre-vocational schools, prefer academically-oriented schools, and opt for mixed-ability classes at mid-performance levels. 2/5