| Author(s): | Miron, G., Urschel, J., Mathis, W., and Tornquist, E. |
| Title: | Schools without diversity: Education management organizations, charter schools, and the demographic stratification of the American school system |
| Source: | http://epicpolicy.org/files/EMO-Seg.pdf |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Organization: | Education and the Public Interest Center (EPIC) and Education Policy Research Unit (EPRU) |
| Short Description: | Whether charter schools will increase segregation in
schools and, ultimately, in society is an important and
hotly contested question. Charter proponents point to
the high enrollments of minority and economically disadvantaged pupils in charter schools, compare them
with overall state enrollment percentages, and contend
that charter schools are integrative. Opponents
explain these enrollment levels by noting the high minority and poverty concentrations in the urban areas where
charter schools are centered. They quote other research suggesting that the schools exacerbate existing segregation. |
| Annotation: | Whether charter schools will increase segregation in
schools and, ultimately, in society is an important and
hotly contested question. Charter proponents point to
the high enrollments of minority and economically disadvantaged pupils in charter schools, compare them
with overall state enrollment percentages, and contend
that charter schools are integrative. Opponents
explain these enrollment levels by noting the high minority and poverty concentrations in the urban areas where
charter schools are centered. They quote other research suggesting that the schools exacerbate existing segregation.
The authors examine this issue using a national data base of schools operated by Education Management Organizations
(EMOs), 95% of which are charter schools. The study explores whether these EMO-pschools explores
whether these EMO-operated schools integrate or segregate
students by four key demographic characteristics:
ethnic/minority classification, socioeconomic status,
disabling condition and English language facility.
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