72.031 - International Perspectives on Socioeconomic Segregation Between and Within Schools

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Recent research shows that socioeconomic segregation between schools is increasing in the United States, raising concerns about declining equality of opportunity and social cohesion. Less is known about school SES segregation in other countries, although global trends such as rising income inequality, migration, school choice and privatization suggest that growing school SES segregation may be a worldwide trend, and that other countries' experiences may provide valuable context and policy lessons. This symposium brings together four papers by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to offer evidence on trends, patterns, causes, and consequences of school SES segregation around the world. Presentations will document long-term global trends in school SES segregation as well as consequences of segregation in two national contexts.

Sub Unit

• Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Division L - Section 7: Social Policy and Social Context

Cosponsor

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• Anna K. Chmielewski, University of Toronto - OISE

Papers

• Global Trends in Socioeconomic Segregation Between Schools, 1964–2012 - Anna K. Chmielewski, University of Toronto - OISE

• Socioeconomic Segregation in Secondary Schools: An International Approach Using PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) - John Jerrim, Institute of Education - University of London

• School Socioeconomic Composition and Young Children's Academic Development in the United States - Hanna Dumont, German Institute for International Educational Research; Douglas Ready, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Tracking in Chile: Intensity and Results of a Deeply Ingrained School Practice - Ernesto Treviño, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Juan Pablo Valenzuela, Universidad de Chile