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Title: “Shopping for Schools” and the Perpetuation of Racial Segregation in Schools

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Segregation in the American education system continues to pose issues for our country, but in particular for students who are currently studying in American schools. Although housing policy and transportation policy has been cited and studied as contributors to the segregation, education policy and the real-estate market has had less of a spotlight. This essay attempts to explain how the individual choices which led to suburbanization, “white-flight” and “shopping for schools” has contributed to the persisting racial segregation of the American education system. I evaluate the failure of busing as a method of desegregation and propose the method of building magnet schools in urban areas as the better solution.

Url: http://debsedstudies.org/shopping-for-schools/

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Authors: Zhu, Julie

Publisher: Yale University

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Topics: Education, Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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