Estimating the Impact of Economic Integration of Schools on Racial Integration

Estimating the Impact of Economic Integration of Schools on RacialIntegrationDuncan ChaplinIn this paper, I investigate the degree to which policies thatpromote economic integration of public primary schools alsoimprove racial integration. Many policymakers believe thateconomic school integration is important for promotingequal opportunities, and a number of school districtsalready use economic characteristics of students to help integrate their schools. In addition, due to numerouslegal challenges to racial desegregation in public schools, it is increasingly important to analyze the effects ofalternative policies that, while not designed to affect racial desegregation, may impact it. Economicintegration is one such policy. (Divided We Fail: Coming Together through Public School Choice.Century Foundation Task Force on the Common School Report. New York: Century FoundationPress, September 2002.)Other Publications by the AuthorsDuncan Chaplin Usage and reprints: Most publications may be downloaded free of charge from the web site and may be used and copiesmade for research, academic, policy or other non-commercial purposes. Proper attribution is required. Posting UI researchpapers on other websites is permitted subject to prior approval from the Urban Institute—contact publicaffairs@urban.org.If you are unable to access or print the PDF document please contact us or call the Publications Office at (202) 261-5687.Disclaimer: The nonpartisan Urban Institute publishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics worthy of publicconsideration. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, itstrustees, or its funders. Copyright of the written materials contained within the Urban Institute website is owned orcontrolled by the Urban Institute. Document date: September 01, 2002Released online: September 01, 2002Source: The Urban Institute, © 2012 | http://www.urban.org