Neighborhood Diversity, School Segregation? Exploring Links in California

• In Event: Resisting Policies of Displacement and Dispossession in Educational Spaces

Abstract

Historically, gentrification has been a minor force of urban change, but is now ubiquitous in a number of cities. The most extensive research about the degree to which urban schools have been exposed to gentrification suggests that contact between different racial groups can be quite common, but is largely contingent on the community being gentrified. Integrating data from four sources, we explore the relationship between school segregation and gentrification across California. Our findings reveal considerable heterogeneity with regards to the relationship between gentrification and school diversity, where some metros have experienced decreases in Black-White segregation at both the neighborhood and school level, while others have not. We also find these trends have played out differently when compared to White-Latino segregation

Authors

• Kfir Mordechay, Pepperdine University

• Elizabeth Iris Rivera Rodas, Montclair State University

• Jenn Ayscue, North Carolina State University