Uneven progress: Recent trends in academic performance among US school districts

KT Matheny, ME Thompson… - American …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We use data from the Stanford Education Data Archive to describe district-level trends in
average academic achievement between 2009 and 2019. Although on average school …

Neighborhood–School structures: A new approach to the joint study of social contexts

P Rich, A Owens - Annual review of sociology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Robust literatures separately estimate school effects and neighborhood effects on children's
educational, economic, health, and other outcomes that measure well-being. A growing …

Spatial underpinnings of social inequalities: A vicious circles of segregation approach

T Tammaru, D Knapp, S Silm, M Van Ham… - Social …, 2021 - repository.uantwerpen.be
A paradigm shift is taking place in spatial segregation research. At the heart of this shift is the
understanding of the connectedness of spatial segregation in different life domains and the …

Little boxes all the same? Racial-ethnic segregation and educational inequality across the urban-suburban divide

A Owens, P Rich - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the …, 2023 - rsfjournal.org
Suburbs were once a haven for advantaged, White families to avoid city life and access high-
status schools. This urban-suburban divide, however, has changed in recent decades as …

Redrawing attendance boundaries to promote racial and ethnic diversity in elementary schools

N Gillani, D Beeferman… - Educational …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Most US school districts draw “attendance boundaries” to define catchment areas that
assign students to schools near their homes, often recapitulating neighborhood …

School and residential segregation in the reproduction of urban segregation: A case study in Buenos Aires

PS Serrati - Urban Studies, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The link between residential and school segregation is widely recognised as a key to
explaining urban inequalities. However, most studies have focused on countries of the …

Educational expenditure of Asian American families

Z Tian - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2023 - Elsevier
Parental spending is an essential measure of parenting styles and is crucial in the
intergenerational transmission of advantage. Popular media outlets portray Asian Americans …

The dynamics of socio-economic segregation: What role do private schools play?

S Jähnen, M Helbig - Urban Studies, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Although residential sorting along socio-economic lines has increased in many cities across
Europe, few studies have examined what drives changes in segregation over time. This …

Racial stratification and school segregation in the suburbs: Evidence from Los Angeles County

JN Schachner - Social Forces, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Suburbanization helped fuel neighborhood and school segregation during the twentieth
century, but many American suburbs have dramatically diversified since. How do White …

Spatial mismatch and the share of Black, Hispanic, and White students enrolled in charter schools

P Denice - Sociology of Education, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
How are patterns of segregation related to families' engagement in public-school choice
policies across US metropolitan areas? This article examines how segregation in urban …