Sentences with phrase «examines school segregation»

This report examines school segregation trends in the state between 1989 and 2010.

If the ability of parents to choose schools is a precondition for disproportionate concentrations of students of the same background in some schools, then it is important to examine school segregation in the context of school choice writ large.

Other approaches to examining school segregation in prior research rely on absolute numbers (e.g., a school is described as segregated because its enrollment is 90 % black), or characterize a school's enrollment as imbalanced relative to the demographics of the district or region (e.g., a school is described as segregated because its enrollment is 85 % black whereas the district's school age population is only 75 % black).

Not exact matches

While the national, state, and metro area analysis comprised the bulk of our report, we did, in fact, examine the segregation of students in charter and traditional public schools by geography — comparing students in these school sectors within cities, suburbs, and rural areas.

Ideally, to examine the issue of segregation, we would pose the question, Are the charter schools that students attend more or less segregated than the traditional public schools these students would otherwise attend?

We did, in fact, examine the segregation of students in charter and traditional public schools by geography — comparing students in these school sectors within cities, suburbs, and rural areas.

The study, Resegregation in American Schools, analyzes the latest data from the National Center of Education Statistics» Common Core of Education Statistics, and examines changes in racial composition in American schools, national patterns of segregation, the relationship between segregation by race and schools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial sSchools, analyzes the latest data from the National Center of Education Statistics» Common Core of Education Statistics, and examines changes in racial composition in American schools, national patterns of segregation, the relationship between segregation by race and schools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial sschools, national patterns of segregation, the relationship between segregation by race and schools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial sschools experiencing concentrated poverty, the difference in segregation in different regions and types of school districts, and the extent and segregation of multiracial schoolsschools.

About the Report This report examines a decade of resegregation from the time of the Supreme Court's 1991 Dowell decision, which allowed school districts to declare themselves unitary, end their desegregation plans, and to return to neighborhood school plans that produce intense segregation and inequality clearly visible in educational opportunities and outcomes.

Ritter finds that «when examined more appropriately, the data actually reveal small differences in the level of overall segregation between the charter school sector and the traditional public - school sector.»

Overview of Lesson Plan: In this two - day lesson plan, students examine the struggle for desegregation during the Civil Rights Movement and a current study that finds that American schools are reverting to segregation.

Several research reports over the past year have examined the effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on the achievement and non-cognitive skills of scholarship recipients, broader effects on school segregation and the fiscal impact on schools.

In his latest report, A Win - Win Solution, Greg Forster, Ph. D. looked at ten empirical studies that have examined school choice and racial segregation.

The national report compiles results from rigorous empirical studies that examine the academic outcomes of school choice students, the academic effect of competition on public schools, the fiscal impact of school choice on taxpayers and government, racial segregation in schools and the effect of school choice on civic values and practices.

This collection of briefs from the National Education Policy Center examines important policy issues (including the impacts of school choice and housing policy on school segregation), and identifies policies with a strong research base that can be used to combat identified problems.

Forster found that while public schools are growing more segregated, there have been «10 studies using valid empirical methods to examine school choice and racial segregation in schools.

By working with parents to examine their privilege and understand that their impact matters more than their intentions, Integrated Schools prepares parents to support meaningfully integrated classrooms that reflect the diversity of their district as well as school communities that respect ALL families and are galvanized around supporting ALL children Through national organizing to promote local action, we support, educate, develop and mobilize families to «live their values,» disrupt segregation, and leverage their choices for the well - being and futures for their own children, for all children, and for our democracy.

He also looked at eight empirical studies that have examined school choice and racial segregation in schools, and reports, ``... seven find that school choice moves students from more segregated schools into less segregated schools.

The decision did cite ongoing case law that requires the state to examine a series of issues in reviewing a charter application, including whether it would lead to racial segregation in schools.

The Integration Anomaly: Comparing the Effects of K — 12 Education Delivery Models on Segregation in Schools examines existing evidence to answer several questions.

This paper uses evidence from Durham, North Carolina to examine the impact of school choice on racial and class - based segregation across schools.

The documentary examines how the actions of the Little Rock Nine and others have impacted the state of segregation in the educational system today and tackles what one can do to halt the growing inequalities and segregation within schools.

From a variety of perspectives, our panelists will examine the state of segregation by race and class in America's schools, and the promising initiatives and practices that are emerging in the renewed movement to integrate America's schools.

In other work, her projects examine dynamics of racial / ethnic transition and neighborhood socioeconomic ascent, the neighborhood context of charter expansion, and links between school choice and segregation in neighborhoods and schools.

While other research has examined the positive aspects of integration in schools through gentrification, this policy memo delineates the reasons for which parents of color were resistant to rezoning their schools in the face of this gentrification and a growing support for integration as a means to solve issues of funding, resources, and segregation in New York City.

We then examine how school funding and school quality is affected by the wealth inequality resulting from housing segregation.

«Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott», on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond until October 30th, examines the dark realities of segregation in Fort Scott, Kansas, where Parks attended a segregated elementary school and was a victim of racism.

Purpose & Research Objectives: This study aims to integrate research on the effects of school segregation with that on self - fulfilling prophecies by examining the mediating role of teacher expectancies regarding the impact of school composition on pupils» math achievement.