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Title: Little Boxes All the Same? Racial-Ethnic Segregation and Educational Inequality Across the Urban-Suburban Divide

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 2377-8253

DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2023.9.2.02

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Abstract: 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 suburban communities (and their school districts) have diversified. This study provides an updated cross-sectional portrait of recent racial-ethnic segregation and inequality between and within urban and suburban school districts in U.S. metropolitan areas. We find that the urban-suburban divide remains an important stratifying force—a substantial portion of racial-ethnic residential and school segregation, as well as racial-ethnic inequality in school poverty and test scores, occurs between urban and suburban school districts. Significant segregation and inequality also occur between and within suburban school districts. Suburban stratification is a key feature of the geography of inequality, warranting theoretical and methodological attention.

Url: https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/9/2/26

Url: https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/9/2/26.abstract

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Authors: Owens, Ann; Rich, Peter

Periodical (Full): RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Issue: 2

Volume: 9

Pages: 26-54

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Education, Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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