Race-blind admissions, school segregation, and student outcomes

Jason Cook

Journal of Public Economics, 2024, vol. 239, issue C

Abstract: In 2007, the Supreme Court declared race-conscious school admissions unconstitutional. This paper provides the first evaluation of a related federal mandate where the Columbus City School District was forced to adopt a race-blind lottery system for its magnet schools. I explore the impact of the dramatic increase in racial segregation resulting from the mandate. More segregated schools spend less per-pupil, enroll lower achieving students, employ lower value-added teachers, and perpetuate “White flight” out of the district. Ultimately, segregation arising from mandated race-blind admissions causes student achievement and college attendance rates to decline.

Keywords: Race-blind school admissions; Admissions lotteries; School segregation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I24 I26 I28 J15 J48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105237

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