ERIC Number: ED577712
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Nov
Pages: 43
Abstractor: ERIC
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New Jersey's Segregated Schools: Trends and Paths Forward
Orfield, Gary; Ee, Jongyeon; Coughlan, Ryan
Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles
This report updates earlier research published by the Civil Rights Project in 2013. That report detailed troubling racial and economic segregation trends and patterns from 1989-2010. The latest report includes new data from 2010-2015. The research updates public school enrollment trends and details segregation in the state's schools by race and income. It also includes information about segregation in private schools, examines student enrollment trends in charter schools and their potential to increase segregation, and includes new research on segregation in PreK schools. A new analysis looks at the plight of students who are English Language Learners (ELLs), finding many attend schools triply segregated by race, income and language. Key findings of the report include: (1) the student population is transforming; (2) racial segregation has doubled since 1989 and is increasing for some students; (3) Black and Latino students are double segregated by race and income; (4) segregation starts early; and (5) ELLs face "Triple Segregation" by race, income and language. One appendix is included. [To view the first report, "A Status Quo of Segregation: Racial and Economic Imbalance in New Jersey Schools, 1989-2010," see ED558804.]
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, School Segregation, Demography, Public Schools, Private Schools, Charter Schools, Racial Segregation, Intergroup Relations, English Language Learners, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Enrollment Trends, Poverty, Low Income Students, Racial Composition, School Districts
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Educational Testing Service
Authoring Institution: University of California, Los Angeles. Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles
Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
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