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School Segregation, Education Attainment and Crime. Evidence for the End of Busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg

  • After a return to neighborhood-based assignment zones, CMS students attended schools with a greater share of students of their own race. Rezoning widened the race inequality in test scores.
  • After the rezoning there was an increase in criminal behavior of minority students Minority males who are assigned to schools with more minority students are significantly more likely to be arrested, have more total arrests and spend more total days incarcerated.

  • Non -poor minority males living in white neighborhoods were less likely to attend a four-year college after re-zoning. Non-poor minority males attend four year colleges at a higher rates when their neighborhood schools become more segregated.
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