Saporito, Salvatore
Researchers: Salvatore Saporito
University Affiliation: College of William and Mary
Email: sjsapo@wm.edu
Research Question:
Link between individual choice and educational segregation.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Social Problems
Journal Entry: Vol. 50, No. 2, Pp. 181-203
Year: 2003
Findings:
- Racial composition of a school’s attendance area remains highly correlated with the school choices of non-poor whites, even when the economic composition of the school is held constant.
- School quality is significantly correlated with the probability that a student will apply to a magnet school.
- Segregation between the most and least disadvantaged race / economic groups is higher across all schools than it may be if no magnet program existed.
- Private choices have public consequences.
- Individual choices undergrad a great deal of segregation.
- Design of school choice programs must pay close attention to the role race plays in the way White families select schools.
- Unfettered school choice policies will increase segregation of race and class.