Although trends in the racial segregation of schools are well documented, less is known
about trends in income segregation. We use multiple data sources to document trends in …

Large achievement gaps exist between high- and low-income students and between black
and white students. This article explores one explanation for such gaps: income segregation …

Scholars hypothesize that both neighborhood and school contexts influence educational
attainment, but few have considered both contexts simultaneously. Using data from the …

Past research shows that income segregation between neighborhoods increased over the
past several decades. In this article, I reexamine income segregation from 1990 to 2010 in the …

Neighborhoods are an important source of inequality, and neighborhood change may lead
to changing opportunities for residents. Past research on neighborhood upgrading tends to …

Since the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, researchers and
policy makers have paid close attention to trends in school segregation. Here we review the …

School and neighborhood segregation are intertwined in complex ways. Schools reflect
segregated neighborhoods, and school considerations reinforce neighborhood segregation. …

Neighbourhoods and schools are both important contexts for children’s wellbeing. While
often posited, little evidence documents inequalities in schools serving high- and low-income …

This article provides a rich longitudinal portrait of the financial and social resources available
in the school districts of high- and low-income students in the United States from 1990 to …

For Hispanics in the United States, the educational experience is one of accumulated
disadvantage. Many Hispanic students begin formalized schooling without the economic and …