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Saporito, Salvatore; Sohoni, Deenesh – Sociology of Education, 2006
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps…
Descriptors: School Surveys, School Districts, Racial Composition, Racial Segregation
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Rivkin, Steven G. – Sociology of Education, 1994
Asserts that school districts' efforts to integrate schools have failed to ameliorate the racial isolation of black students. Finds that schools remain segregated primarily because of continued residential segregation and that school integration efforts have had little long-term effect on residential segregation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Civil Rights, De Facto Segregation
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Condron, Dennis J.; Roscigno, Vincent J. – Sociology of Education, 2003
Analyzes unique within district variations in spending and achievement among urban public elementary schools (n=89). Reveals considerable disparities in spending linked to local patterns of racial and class stratification and concentration. Shows how these local driven inequalities have consequences for achievement in reading, writing,…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Schools, Equal Education