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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Clifton, Calen R.; Turaeva, Mavzuna – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
Using detailed administrative data for public schools, we document racial and ethnic segregation at the classroom level in North Carolina, a state that has experienced a sharp increase in Hispanic enrollment. We decompose classroom-level segregation in counties into within-school and between-school components. We find that the within-school…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Classroom Environment, Middle School Students
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Ladd, Helen F.; Turaeva, Mavzuna – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2018
We document patterns and trends in school segregation in North Carolina between 1998 and 2016, a period of rapid immigration in this racially diverse state. As in other states of the South, the period of court orders enforcing racial balance has given way not only to tacit acceptance of residentially based school segregation but also to policies…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Immigration, Immigrants, School Choice
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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
Research has consistently shown that teacher quality is distributed very unevenly among schools, to the clear disadvantage of minority students and those from low-income families. Using North Carolina data on the length of time individual teachers remain in their schools, we examine the potential for using salary differentials to overcome this…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Salaries, School Segregation, Teacher Qualifications
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2010
Research has consistently shown that teacher quality is distributed very unevenly among schools to the clear disadvantage of minority students and those from low-income families. Using information on teaching spells in North Carolina, the authors examine the potential for using salary differentials to overcome this pattern. They conclude that…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, School Segregation, Salary Wage Differentials
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2008
Using detailed administrative data for the public K-12 schools of North Carolina, we measure racial segregation in its public schools. With data for the 2005-2006 school year, we update previously published calculations that measure segregation by unevenness in racial enrollment patterns, both between schools and within schools. We find that…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Segregation, School Segregation
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2008
Using detailed administrative data for the public K-12 schools of North Carolina, we measure racial segregation in the public schools of North Carolina. With data for the 2005/06 school year, we update previously published calculations that measure segregation in terms of unevenness in racial enrollment patterns both between schools and within…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Racial Composition