The share of students attending charter schools has been rising. There is evidence that charter school growth has increased socioeconomic segregation of students between schools. In this paper, we assess whether charter school growth affects how students are organized within nearby traditional public schools (TPS). We use administrative data from…

Ambiguity remains as to whether contemporary levels of racial segregation in and outside of the U.S. South are a serious problem. This article subsequently examines the math and science test-scores of 3rd-graders that participated in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Test-score performances are estimated using multilevel statistical methods…

Young White boys in three grade levels, across integrated and segregated classes, used greater projected personal space when they approached a Black child stimulus than when they approached a White child stimulus. Results agree with literature indicating racial attitudes are learned early. It is suggested that integrated classrooms, by themselves,…