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Sorting Our Children: The Impact of School Choice Policies on the Segregation of Chicago's Public Schools
Fri, April 9, 9:30 to 10:30am EDT (9:30 to 10:30am EDT), Division L, Division L - Section 4 Roundtable SessionsAbstract
This study evaluates the level of school integration in the Chicago Public Schools district (CPS) and its school choice sectors. A segregation index was assigned to the district and each choice sector, magnet, selective, charter, and neighborhood schools. The researcher employed bivariate and growth modeling to evaluate these data and concluded CPS has become less segregated since 2000 (p<0.0001), and school choice sectors display different levels of segregation, with selective schools being the most integrated and charter schools more segregated today (p<0.0001). Further research should examine causes of these differences between sectors, effects on students, and how to further racial integration without segregating students by academic achievement.