ERIC Number: EJ1019071
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
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Nearly 50 Years Post-Jim Crow: Persisting and Expansive School Segregation for African American, Latina/o, and ELL Students in Texas
Vasquez Heilig, Julian; Holme, Jennifer Jellison
Education and Urban Society, v45 n5 p609-632 Sep 2013
This study addresses the segregation of English language learner (ELL) students in schools across Texas. We descriptively analyze levels of racial, economic, and linguistic isolation experienced by ELL students across the state of Texas. We also examine the association between segregation by race/ethnicity, economic disadvantage, and language proficiency with high-stakes accountability ratings. Despite nearly two decades of accountability policies that have promised equality, our statistical analyses show that a majority of ELL students in Texas still attend high-poverty and high-minority schools, and we find that segregation by socioeconomic status (SES) and race and ethnicity is highly significant for predicting whether schools will be low performing relative to high performing.
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners, School Segregation, Educational History, Racial Segregation, Economically Disadvantaged, Social Isolation, Socioeconomic Status, Minority Group Students, Accountability, Demography, Multivariate Analysis, Ethnicity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education; Fourteenth Amendment; Keyes v Denver School District Number 1
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