Socially-Structured Mobility Networks and School Segregation Dynamics
The Role of Emergent Consideration Sets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4522342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Burdick-Will (0000-0002-3670-4179, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), John A Grigg (0000-0003-1975-3232, Johns Hopkins University), Kiara Millay Nerenberg (0000-0002-2282-4647, Johns Hopkins University), Faith Connolly (McREL International) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 675-708 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0003122420934739 |
| OpenAlex | W3042023328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 95 |
This study proposes and applies a novel method for empirically evaluating the role of social structure in the school sorting process. We use administrative records from Baltimore City and suburban Baltimore County public elementary schools (2011 to 2015) to generate a network of schools based on student transfers. We then apply repeated calculations of the Louvian method of community detection to estimate emergent sets of schools that similar parents are likely to consider-which we term emergent consideration sets-and use gravity models to explore the role of social structure, demographics, and geography in observed enrollment patterns. We find that our network-derived emergent consideration sets are better defined by structural boundaries than by student composition or proficiency alone. Within consideration sets, students tend to avoid schools with relatively higher levels of free- and reduced-price meal eligibility and flock toward schools with higher proficiency levels. School racial composition, however, plays a much smaller role in predicting movement between schools, in part because structural constraints generate racially homogeneous consideration sets. Together, these findings highlight how regional social and geographic organization shapes school segregation processes and the policies used to combat them
Composition (language · Demographics · Economic geography · Geography · Homogeneous · Mathematics education · Political science · Race (biology · Racial composition · Social capital · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social network analysis · Social science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
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| Citations per year | 4,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |