Schools as Racialized Organizations: Teacher Turnover and Organizational Inequality

• In Event: Unveiling the Hidden Infrastructures in Schools: The Role of Race and Place in Reproducing (In)Equity

Abstract

While numerous scholars have explored the mechanisms through which segregation harms students, such as human capital disparities, financial capital disparities; as well as social capital differences (i.e., networks of power connecting students to avenues of opportunity). In this paper, we add to this literature by bringing an organizational social capital lens to help explain the unequal outcomes between segregated schools. We show through our data that high rates of turnover impact a school’s organizational functioning and cause organizational strain on schools. The relationship between school segregation, rates of teacher turnover, and organizational strain is a way in which schools are racialized, thus playing a role in perpetuating structural inequality.

Authors

• Jennifer Jellison Holme, University of Texas at Austin
  Presenting Author

• Huriya Jabbar, University of Southern California
  Presenting Author

• Katelin G. Trautmann, University of Texas at Austin
  Presenting Author