ERIC Number: EJ929379
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jul
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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A Quantitative Analysis of the Increase in Public School Segregation in Delaware: 1989-2006
Glenn, William J.
Urban Education, v46 n4 p719-740 Jul 2011
This study analyzes the increase in school segregation in Delaware from a quantitative perspective. The article tests the hypothesis that the declaration of unitary status that released the Wilmington area school districts from their desegregation order caused the increase in segregation. The research reveals that the declaration of unitary status contributed to an increase in segregation in the Wilmington area. However, the primary factor in the statewide increase in school segregation was the flight of White students from the Wilmington area schools, a result that might be expected from the imposition of a desegregation order but not from its termination. (Contains 2 notes, 5 tables, and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Segregation, Statistical Analysis, School Resegregation, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Charter Schools, Enrollment Trends, Statistical Distributions, Geographic Distribution, Racial Segregation, School Statistics, Educational Policy, Educational Legislation
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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: Delaware
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