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Kearl, Benjamin – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2019
Through the juxtaposition of 2 recent Supreme Court actions--"Allston v. Lower Merion County School District" (2015) and "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" (2017)--this article argues that special education is a neoliberal property that works to recruit disability through scientific-juridical qualifications of…
Descriptors: Special Education, Neoliberalism, Politics of Education, Racial Bias
Reardon, Sean F. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2015
Although it is clear that racial segregation is linked to academic achievement gaps, the mechanisms underlying this link have been debated since Coleman published his eponymous 1966 report. In this paper, I examine 16 distinct measures of segregation to determine which is most strongly associated with academic achievement gaps. I find very clear…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Racial Differences, Achievement Gap
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Sharma, Andy; Joyner, Ann Moss; Osment, Ashley – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
This study examines the impact of racial isolation on high school student performance in North Carolina, a state in the southeast United States. Our research goal is to investigate if increased isolation negatively impacts Black students' academic performance. Employing the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) dataset, we…
Descriptors: High School Students, African American Students, Racial Composition, Racial Factors
Ayscue, Jennifer B.; Greenberg, Alyssa – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2013
Though once a leader in school integration, Massachusetts has regressed over the last two decades as its students of color have experienced intensifying school segregation. This report investigates trends in school segregation in Massachusetts by examining concentration, exposure, and evenness measures by both race and class. First, the report…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Minority Group Students, Racial Composition, Social Class