A Demographic Paradox

How Public School Students in New Orleans Have Become More Racially Integrated and Isolated Since Hurricane Katrina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9729293
AutoresStephen Kotok (0000-0001-7257-2428, St. John’s University, NY, USA, autor de correspondencia), Brian Beabout (The University of New Orleans, LA, USA), Brian R Beabout (University of New Orleans), Steven Nelson (0000-0001-5932-5799, University of Memphis), Steven L Nelson (The University of Memphis, TN, USA), Luis Rivera (0000-0002-9996-5982), Luis Osvaldo Rivera (0000-0003-2960-9779, The University of Texas at El Paso), Luis E Rivera (University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA)
Año2018
Volumen50
Número9
Páginas818-838
Fecha de publicación2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124517714310
OpenAlexW2720879344
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas25

Following the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans public schools underwent a variety of changes including a mass influx of charter schools as well as a demographic shift in the racial composition of the district. Using school-level data from the Louisiana Department of Education, this study examines the extent that New Orleans public schools are more or less racially integrated, racially segregated, and concentrated by poverty almost a decade after Katrina. The study utilizes exposure indices, inferential statistics, and geospatial analysis to examine how levels of school integration and segregation have changed over time. Our findings indicate that though a greater share of New Orleans schools are considered racially diverse than prior to Katrina, a greater share of minority students are now attending dually segregated schools, where over 90% of students are classified as minority and are receiving free/reduced lunch

Charter · Charter school · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Hurricane katrina · Natural disaster · Political science · Race (biology · Racial composition · Racial integration · Social science · Sociology · Tragedy (event · Variety (cybernetics · Critical Race Theory in Education · Education Discipline and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law · School Choice and Performance