ERIC Number: EJ1338943
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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The Segregation of Students by Income in Public Schools
Dalane, Kari; Marcotte, Dave E.
Educational Researcher, v51 n4 p245-254 May 2022
Over the past three decades, children from low-income families have increasingly been attending different public schools than those from more affluent families. Though recent work has helped us understand patterns of income segregation between districts and schools within districts, we know little about segregation of students as they experience school: in the classroom. We attempt to advance knowledge of segregation of students by income at the classroom level. We use data from North Carolina that includes information on classroom assignments and students' economically disadvantaged (ED) status. We assess whether ED students are clustered/segregated into different classrooms than other students. We find that within-school segregation rose by about 10% between 2007 and 2014 in elementary and middle schools we study.
Descriptors: School Segregation, Socioeconomic Status, Public Schools, Class Activities, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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