Representation in the classroom: The effect of own-race teachers on student achievement
In: Economics of education review, Band 45, S. 44-52
ISSN: 0272-7757
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In: Economics of education review, Band 45, S. 44-52
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: Education and urban society, Band 49, Heft 3, S. 271-296
ISSN: 1552-3535
The question of how school choice programs affect the racial stratification of schools is highly salient in the field of education policy. We use a student-level panel data set to analyze the impacts of the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) on racial stratification in public and private schools. This targeted school voucher program provides funding for low-income, mostly minority students in the lowest-graded public schools to enroll in participating private schools. Our analysis indicates that the vast majority (82%) of LSP transfers have reduced racial stratification in the voucher students' former public schools. LSP transfers have marginally increased stratification in the participating private schools, however, where just 45% of transfers reduce racial stratification. In those school districts under federal desegregation orders, voucher transfers result in a large reduction in traditional public schools' racial stratification levels and have no discernible impact on private schools. The results of this analysis provide reliable empirical evidence on whether or not parental choice harms desegregation efforts in Louisiana.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 124, S. 1-13
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