School Segregation and Resegregation in Charlotte and Raleigh, 1989-2010

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer B. Ayscue ◽  
Genevieve Siegel-Hawley ◽  
John Kucsera ◽  
Brian Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
White Students ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Suburban School Districts ◽  
Segregated Schools ◽  
Poor Students ◽  
Wake County ◽  
Cross Case Analysis ◽  
Future Education ◽  
Black And Latino

Desegregated schools are linked to educational and social advantages whereas myriad harms are connected to segregated schools, yet the emphasis on school desegregation has recently receded in two North Carolina city-suburban school districts historically touted for their far-reaching efforts: Charlotte and Raleigh. In this article, we use cross-case analysis to explore segregation outcomes associated with policy changes by analyzing enrollment and segregation trends from 1989 to 2010 in metro Charlotte and metro Raleigh. Both Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Wake County school systems are experiencing a growing share of intensely segregated schools, decreasing exposure of Black and Latino students to White students, disproportionately large exposure of Black and Latino students to poor students, and an increase in segregated charters. Segregation in the districts surrounding Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Wake County is less extreme. An understanding of how policies have contributed to segregation patterns in both metros informs future education reform efforts.

Disproportionality in School Discipline in Massachusetts

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billie Gastic
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Black Students ◽  
White Students ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
School Discipline ◽  
Discipline Gap ◽  
Black And Latino

The racial discipline gap—the finding that Black and Latino students are more likely to be disciplined at school than White students, and often more harshly—has implications for students’ academic success. This study concluded that differences in students’ behavior do not fully explain the disproportionate likelihood that Black students are disciplined for fighting at school. Black students were found to be significantly more likely than White students to be cited for physical fights in schools.

scholarly journals Do Colleges Perform the Same Following Developmental Education Reform? The Case of Florida’s Senate Bill 1720

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinye Hu ◽  
Shouping Hu
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
Developmental Education ◽  
White Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
College Level ◽  
Passing Rates ◽  
College System ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Florida College

AbstractDevelopmental education (DE) reform took place among the 28 Florida College System (FCS) institutions in 2014. In this study, we examine how cohort-based passing rates in college-level English and math courses changed at different colleges for pre- and post-policy period and explore what institutional characteristics were related with various institutional trajectories of cohort-based course passing rates in the post-policy period. Employing longitudinal data analysis, we found that colleges performed similarly regarding cohort-based passing rates in both college-level English and combined math courses before DE reform and had a similar elevation in the cohort-based English course passing rates when DE reform took place in 2014. However, colleges experienced different change patterns in the years following DE reform. Specifically, colleges located in rural areas and with more White students experienced relatively lower college-level English passing rates in the post-policy period than their counterparts. Different colleges had slight differences in the trajectory of college-level math passing rates by cohort after SB 1720 in 2014, but institutional characteristics in this study did not adequately capture inter-institutional differences.

scholarly journals Academic Satisfaction of Latino Students: Differences and Predictors

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
David Edens ◽  
Michael Allen ◽  
James Steen
Keyword(s):  
White Students ◽  
Campus Climate ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Academic Major ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Academic Satisfaction ◽  
Faculty Interactions ◽  
Selective Institutions ◽  
Students Satisfaction

<p class="2M-body">Using multiple hierarchical regression, this study investigated how Latino/a students’ characteristics, academic major, campus climate, and faculty interactions explained the variance in students’ levels of satisfaction with advising, course availability, and instruction at highly selective institutions.  Latino/a students’ satisfaction was found to significantly differ from some of their peers, but not from other White students.  The regressions found that campus climate was the most significant predictor of all three areas, followed by student-faculty interactions.</p>

Willingness to Seek Help for Psychosocial Problems among Latino and White American College Students

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine A. Tiago De Melo ◽  
Barry A. Farber
Keyword(s):  
White Students ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
White American ◽  
Willingness To Seek Help ◽  
American Students ◽  
Seeking Help

This study compared 50 Latino and 50 White American students' perceptions of the severity of 25 psychological problems, their willingness to seek help for these problems, and their preferences for caregivers. Each group received a modified version of the Personal Problems Inventory. Latino students rated depression, financial concerns, and discrimination as more severe problems; their preference for mental health workers consistently significantly exceeded those of White students, although both groups preferred seeking help from family and community resources. Findings suggest the possibility of a greater role for therapists serving Latino students than currently exists.

Participation and Degree Attainment of African-American and Latino Students in Graduate Education Relative to Other Racial and Ethnic Groups: An Update from Office of Civil Rights Data

1992 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Degree Attainment ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Education Administrators ◽  
Black And Latino

In this article, Gail Thomas uses 1988-1989 degree completion data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights Survey to track the number of Black and Latino students awarded graduate degrees in engineering, mathematics, and science by U.S. institutions of higher education. Her study reveals the severe underrepresentation of Black and Latino students in graduate programs in these fields. Given the changing racial composition of the United States and projected shortages of science and engineering professionals and faculty by the year 2010, Thomas's findings challenge higher education administrators and policymakers to examine and correct the conditions that hinder the participation of U.S.-born minorities in science, mathematics, and engineering graduate programs and professions.

Sociodemographic correlates of virginity in seventh-grade black and Latino students

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 304-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina R Raine ◽  
Renee Jenkins ◽  
Sigrid J Aarons ◽  
Kathy Woodward ◽  
Johnnie L Fairfax ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Sociodemographic Correlates ◽  
Black And Latino

Open Enrolment and Student Sorting in Public Schools: Evidence from Los Angeles County

10.1068/a4128 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1109-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Ledwith
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
White Students ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Cultural Exchange ◽  
White Schools ◽  
Student Sorting ◽  
The Relationship

I examine the relationship between student mobility associated with open enrolment and student sorting in public schools in Los Angeles County and find that open enrolment provides Latino students who attend outside their neighbourhoods access to higher quality, more integrated, schools than those who remain enroled in their neighbourhood schools. However, attendance at majority-white schools continues to be highly segregated. Therefore, while open enrolment may provide some minority students with the opportunity to avoid attending a majority-minority school, it does not undo the mechanisms through which white students remain socially and spatially segregated from their minority counterparts. The lack of meaningful interracial and cross-cultural exchange during the school-age years is a worrying trend that could lead to increased polarization and social exclusion in Los Angeles and other multiethnic cities and communities.

scholarly journals Exploring school choice and the consequences for student racial segregation within Pennsylvania’s charter school transfers

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Frankenberg ◽  
Stephen Kotok ◽  
Kai Schafft ◽  
Bryan Mann
Keyword(s):  
School Choice ◽  
Charter Schools ◽  
Charter School ◽  
White Students ◽  
Latino Students ◽  
Educational Equity ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Level Student

Using individual-level student data from Pennsylvania, this study explores the extent to which charter school racial composition may be an important factor in students’ self-segregative school choices. Findings indicate that, holding distance and enrollment constant, Black and Latino students are strongly averse to moving to charter schools with higher percentages of White students. Conversely, White students are more likely to enroll in such charter schools. As the percentage and number of students transferring into charter schools increases, self-segregative school choices raise critical questions regarding educational equity, and the effects of educational reform and school choice policies on the fostering of racially diverse educational environments.

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