ERIC Number: EJ1442043
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Nov
Pages: 29
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8340
Inequities in Student Exposure to Lead in Classroom Drinking Fountains: Descriptive Evidence Comparing Students within and across Schools in Portland, Oregon
Michelle Spiegel; Emily K. Penner; Andrew Penner
Urban Education, v59 n9 p2797-2825 2024
We use novel information about fixture-specific water lead levels (WLLs) in Portland, Oregon schools to explore inequalities in students' potential for exposure to lead in drinking water at school. We find that Black and Hispanic students were in classrooms with higher WLLs than white students primarily because they attended different schools. The elevated exposure of students with non-English first languages was also largely driven by sorting into different schools, although there were marginally significant differences between students within the same school. Our findings underscore the importance of broadly targeted remediation efforts like those implemented in Portland to address environmental injustices.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Equal Education, Disadvantaged, Poisoning, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water, Educational Facilities, Environmental Standards, Racial Distribution, Classrooms, Plumbing, Hazardous Materials, Proximity, Student Characteristics, Student Placement, English (Second Language), Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Factors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Oregon (Portland)
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01HD094007