Why are Schools Segregated? Evidence from the Secondary-School Match in AmsterdamAbility TrackingPolicy SimulationsSchool MatchSegregationWe use rich data from the secondary-school match in Amsterdam to nonparametrically decompose school segregation by ethnicity and by household income into five aOosterbeek,...
secondary schoolsparentsEnglandThis paper seeks an explanation for the persistent social phenomenon of segregated schooling in England whereby children from families with broadly the same characteristics of wealth, education and social networks are more likely to be educated together and therefore separate ...
He argues that a desegregated school is not necessarily a better school for black students, noting that black students are often bussed to ‘the poorest and most violent white districts,’ while at the same time black students in majority-white schools can find themselves doing less well academi...
He argues that a desegregated school is not necessarily a better school for black students, noting that black students are often bussed to ‘the poorest and most violent white districts,’ while at the same time black students in majority-white schools can find themselves doing less well academi...
This might be possible in another time or another place, but not today. Things will not get better. Things will not be normal. These are not the stakes. But vote, if you feel like it, because it might still be good for you. For a moment, you can be powerful, arbitrary and cruel,...
In fact, homeschoolers often benefit from socializing with a broader age range, learning to communicate effectively with both younger and older peers. This can enhance their social skills and prepare them for real-world interactions better than the age-segregated environments of traditional schools. ...
one black, one white—separate and unequal,” African Americans are much more likely than whites of similar incomes to live in poor neighborhoods. This is tragic, Rothstein notes, because where you live implicates so much else in life—access to good schools, transportation, employment, and weal...
Further, if segregated classes improve performance of minorities, wouldn’t voluntarily segregatedschoolsdo that as well? That, of course, is the second great irony of this issue: minorities fought for years to end segregation in schools, and finally got it, both in secondary schools and colleges...
“We need to be investing in this next generation of who’s employable and what skills they need. And that’s the purpose of companies just like it is of schools.” That is, good jobs, not just profits, or even great products, are one of the key outputs of a great company...
. . . many evolutionary biologists are likely well-intentioned people who wouldfight against many forms of disablism: forced institutionalization, forced sterilization, nonconsensual segregated education, and offensive language. However, these same people may inadvertently be reproducing ableist h...