African-American and Asian students are more likely than Latino and white students to live within multiple magnet neighborhood zones¶
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q2 i? About one-quarter of African-American and Asian students live within the neighborhood zones of more than one magnet school, versus 10 percent of Latino and 14 percent of white 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 for fall 1999 cross-referenced with magnet school neighborhood zones, reported by race/ethnicity (Figure 4). The report prints the percentages 24, 28, 10, and 14 for multiple-school access among African-American, Asian, Latino, and white students respectively.
"Approximately one-quarter of African-American and Asian students, however, live within the neighborhood zones of more than one magnet school, while only 10 percent of Latino students, and 14 percent of white students, live within the neighborhood zones of more than one magnet school."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- African-American students travel farther to attend magnet elementary schools than students of other ethnicities — related
- About half of CPS students do not live within the neighborhood zone of any magnet elementary school — related
- Areas of Chicago without magnet elementary schools have lower median family income and fewer white residents than areas within 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
- Senior-year advanced coursework is unevenly distributed by race/ethnicity among CPS graduates — related
- Two years after the comprehensive magnet school policy, overall enrollment patterns by student residence had not changed substantially — related
- NBCTs are more likely than other teachers to work in magnet schools and less likely to work in the poorest and predominantly African American schools — related
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African-American and Asian students are more likely than Latino and white students to live within multiple magnet neighborhood zones |
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African-American and Asian students are more likely than Latino and white students to live within multiple magnet neighborhood zones |
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2000 |
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