School District Formation as an Explanation for Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Concentrated Poverty in Bexar County, Texas

Matthew J. Martinez ()
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Matthew J. Martinez: University of Texas at San Antonio

Chapter Chapter 14 in Developments in Demography in the 21st Century, 2020, pp 221-242 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Recent political debates in Texas have focused on school district consolidation and the economic impacts of this potential change (Boser 2013; Cooley and Floyd 2013; Taylor et al. 2014). Early indications are that such wide-scale consolidations across the state are not economically viable mainly because they do not save school districts money. While financial considerations are important to the discussion, they should not be the sole determining factor. In this chapter I extend the scope of the discussion and consider the social impacts of school district fragmentation. Using a socio-historical analysis of Bexar County, Texas I do the following: (1) consider how school district formation in the county reified persistent concentrated neighborhood poverty; and (2) due to this mechanism, I consider how school district consolidation should be considered within the framework of ending cycles of persistently concentrated neighborhood poverty. Bexar County demonstrates well the importance for considering the social impact of potential school district consolidation. The county has a history of place-based educational and economic disparities found between school districts (Drennon 2006), as evidenced early on in the Supreme Court decision of San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez (1973).

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-26492-5_14

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