ERIC Number: EJ1428412
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
EISSN: EISSN-1943-5045
Racialized Closures and the Shuttering of Black Schools: Evidence from National Data
Danielle Marie Greene-Bell; Francis A. Pearman II
Harvard Educational Review, v94 n2 p187-210 2024
In this article Danielle Marie Greene-Bell and Francis A. Pearman II examine racial disparities in school closures across the United States, with a particular interest in majority Black schools. Using survival analysis and longitudinal data, they find that majority Black schools are far more likely to close than non-majority Black schools and that these elevated closure rates are not fully accounted for by observable differences like achievement levels, enrollment patterns, and the socioeconomic status of their surrounding communities. Using the theoretical frame of BlackQuantCrit, they argue that this pattern of findings is consistent with the theory that school closures demonstrate historical and contemporary forms of anti-Blackness that affect US schools and the geography of opportunity more broadly.
Descriptors: Racism, School Closing, Urban Schools, African American Students, African American Education, Racial Differences, Educational Opportunities, Critical Race Theory, Probability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Brown v Board of Education
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