SOC 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gary Orfield, Desegregation
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High concentration of poverty is associated with lower student performance, independent of student"s own social class background. Associated with lower high school graduation rates. Poor central city schools tend to have inadequate resources and funding and less qualified teachers. Immigrant students perform better than similar native born students. Racial inequalities in education are large and deeply entrenched in society. Typical minority student is assigned to schools that perform far below the median school. Racial composition of schools matters, high minority concentrations lead to lower achievement. School concentration of poverty has also an independent effect on achievement. Scholars debate various explanations for why these school characteristics affect student outcomes. Civil rights movement fight for racial integration of schools was a struggle for equal education. Mid 1960"s to early1970"s: major national efforts to create racially diverse schools and achieve integration. Most struggles for school desegregation involved allowing minority students attending inferior schools to attend predominately white schools.
