African-American students travel farther to attend magnet elementary schools than students of other ethnicities¶
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q2 i? Average distance traveled to magnet elementary schools was 3.27 miles for African-American students versus about 2.6 to 2.7 miles for white, Latino, and Asian students. → Elaine M. Allensworth 2000
Evidence¶
Elaine M. Allensworth 2000¶
Elaine M. Allensworth, Todd Rosenkranz. (2000). Access to Magnet Schools in Chicago. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/access-magnet-schools-chicago
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Analysis of CPS student record files, fall semester 1999 (Figure 15), computing average distance traveled to each magnet elementary school by student race/ethnicity. The report states "While the average distance traveled for whites, Latinos, and Asians is around 2.6 to 2.7 miles, the average distance traveled by African-Americans is 3.27 miles."
"While the average distance traveled for whites, Latinos, and Asians is around 2.6 to 2.7 miles, the average distance traveled by African-Americans is 3.27 miles (20 percent higher than the next highest distance traveled, which is 2.69 miles by Latinos)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- African-American and Asian students are more likely than Latino and white students to live within multiple magnet neighborhood zones — related
- Magnet elementary schools enroll larger percentages of white and Asian students and smaller percentages of Latino and African-American students than non-magnet schools — related
- African American students are the most mobile group of CPS students, and the gap between them and other students widened after 2000-01, especially at the elementary level — related
- About half of CPS students do not live within the neighborhood zone of any magnet elementary school — related
- Two years after the comprehensive magnet school policy, overall enrollment patterns by student residence had not changed substantially — related
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African-American students travel farther to attend magnet elementary schools than students of other ethnicities |
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African-American students travel farther to attend magnet elementary schools than students of other ethnicities |
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2000 |
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