Ethnic Segregation in Arizona Charter Schools

Creator

Casey D. Cobb
Gene V. Glass

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

January 1999

Abstract

Among the criticisms of charter schools is their potential to further stratify schools along ethnic and class lines. This study addressed whether Arizona charter schools are more ethnically segregated than traditional public schools. In 1996-97, Arizona had nearly one in four of all charter schools in the United States. The analysis involved a series of comparisons between the ethnic compositions of adjacent charter and public schools in Arizona's most populated region and its rural towns. ...

Extent

39

Geographic Location

Arizona

Volume

7

Issue

1

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00113

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Cobb, Casey D. and Glass, Gene V., "Ethnic Segregation in Arizona Charter Schools" (1999). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 337.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/337