Black, Derek W.
Researchers: Derek W. Black
University Affiliation: Howard University
Email: blackdw@mailbox.sc.edu
Research Question:
Should middle income peers be conceived as educational resources in schools?
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Boston College Law Review
Journal Entry: Vol. 53, No. 2, Pp. 373-442
Year: 2012
Findings:
- Reviews the social science literature which shows the harms of racial and poverty isolation
- There is inequality of access to middle-income peers by race, with minorities tending to have much less access to middle-income peers than whites.
- This inequality is associated with achievement gaps