Neighborhood poverty concentration and parental press for academic achievement each had negative effects on students' civic commitments¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Concentration of poverty in students' neighborhoods negatively affected civic commitments, and parental press for academic achievement also had a negative effect. → Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne 2007

Evidence¶

Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne 2007¶

Susan E. Sporte and Joseph E. Kahne. (2007). Educating for Democracy: Lessons from Chicago. Consortium on Chicago School Research Research Brief. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/educating-democracy-lessons-chicago

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In the longitudinal analysis of Chicago students' civic commitments, two factors showed negative relations. The study reports that "The concentration of poverty in students' neighborhoods had a negative effect on civic commitments" and, which the authors found more surprising, parental press for academic achievement also had a negative effect.

"The concentration of poverty in students' neighborhoods had a negative effect on civic commitments. More surprisingly, parental press for academic achievement also had a negative effect on students' civic commitments."

Discussion¶

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