ERIC Number: EJ1367484
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 31
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
EISSN: EISSN-1549-6511
Moving out and Apart: Race, Poverty, and the Suburbanization of Public School Segregation
Mordechay, Kfir; Terbeck, Fabian J.
American Journal of Education, v129 n2 p205-235 Feb 2023
Purpose: As US suburbs experience profound demographic shifts, scholars have expressed concern of rising segregation among suburban public schools. We extend this work by examining exposure to poverty by race and racial differences in exposure to economic disadvantage in the wake of the Great Recession across a typology of suburban neighborhoods in the Chicago metropolitan area. Research Methods/Approach: We merge enrollment data from schools with census data on the demographic and economic attributes of residents and examine racial differences in exposure to school poverty. Findings: We find intrasuburban variation, with all racial groups seeing a stark increase in economic school segregation between 2007 and 2018, with Whites experiencing the largest growth in inner suburbs, and Black and Hispanics increasingly disadvantaged in outer suburbs. Implications: Our findings underscore complex forms of suburban disadvantage in rapidly diversifying suburbs.
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Public Schools, School Segregation, Racial Segregation, Poverty, Racial Differences, Economically Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Schools, Economic Factors
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
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