Gentrification and School Discipline: Evidence From New York City

• In Event: Examining the Discourse and Context of School Safety and Discipline

Abstract

Gentrification has important social, economic, and educational consequences for urban neighborhoods. However, the relationship between gentrification of neighborhoods and the use of exclusionary discipline in schools has been largely overlooked. This paper utilizes a rich, longitudinal, student-level dataset from New York City to investigate the relationship between gentrification and students’ disciplinary outcomes. Overall, the results illustrate that there is no statistically significant relationship between gentrification and students’ likelihood of receiving exclusionary discipline. However, it appears gentrification is particularly salient for Black students. We find evidence that Black students’ disciplinary outcomes are worse if they live in gentrifying neighborhoods, relative to White students, suggesting the possibility that effects of gentrification on school discipline may vary by student race.

Authors

• Blaise Joseph, New York University
  Presenting Author

• Richard O. Welsh, Vanderbilt University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Luis Alberto Rodriguez, New York University
  Non-Presenting Author