Detroit: Why Are School Closures Concentrated in Black and Brown Communities? | Diane Ravitch's blog

Detroit: Why Are School Closures Concentrated in Black and Brown Communities? | Diane Ravitch's blog

Detroit: Why Are School Closures Concentrated in Black and Brown Communities?

In this study of school closures in Detroit, the authors note that the closures were concentrated in black and brown communities. Terrance L. Green, Joanna D. Sanchez, and Andrene J.Castro note this spatial concentration of closures and point out that it typically has negative effects on students.

It reads in part:

Between 2006 and 2013, >1,200 traditional public schools were closed across 26 states in the United States.² These closures disproportionately occurred in urban school districts that predominantly serve Black and Brown³ students, such as Detroit, Chicago, and New York City (Deeds & Pattillo, 2015; Ewing, 2018).⁴ In each of these districts, >100 schools have been closed in recent years (Journey for Justice, 2014). According to research, schools that serve larger populations of Black and Brown students with economic need are more likely to be closed than schools with fewer students of color, even when the schools have similar academic performances (Center for Research on Education Outcomes, 2017). Research also indicates that schools CONTINUE READING: Detroit: Why Are School Closures Concentrated in Black and Brown Communities? | Diane Ravitch's blog