Study finds Philly is segregated in schools, housing
by Erika Owens on Aug 11 2011 Posted in Latest news
Two studies from Brown University look at segregation in housing and schools, and find that Philadelphia is one of the most unequal regions in the country.
Daniel Denvir wrote about the study for the City Paper and highlighted some key points including:
- that Philadelphia has the widest gap of any major U.S. city for average test scores of schools attended by Whites and those attended by Blacks, and
- the average affluent Black or Hispanic household making more than $75,000 a year lives in a neighborhood that is poorer than the average White household making less than $40,000.
John Logan, co-author of the studies, explained that the study used 2004 data