School Segregation and Disparities in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas

John R. Logan and Julia Burdick-Will

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2017, vol. 674, issue 1, 199-216

Abstract: Much of the literature on racial and ethnic educational inequality focuses on the contrast between black and Hispanic students in urban areas and white suburban students. This study extends the research on school segregation and racial/ethnic disparities by highlighting the importance of rural areas and regional variation. Although schools in rural America are disproportionately white, they nevertheless are like urban schools, and disadvantaged relative to suburban schools, in terms of poverty and test performance. Native Americans are most affected by rural school disadvantage. While they are a small share of students nationally, Native Americans are prominent and highly disadvantaged in rural areas, particularly in certain parts of the country. These figures suggest a strong case for including rural schools in the continuing conversations about how to deal with unfairness in public education.

Keywords: schools; segregation; urban-rural; disparities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0002716217733936

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