1. This School's Gone Downhill: Racial Change and Perceived School Quality among Whites.
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Goyette, Kimberly A., Farrie, Danielle, and Free1y, Joshua
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SEGREGATION in education , *EDUCATIONAL quality , *PERCEIVED quality , *PUBLIC schools , *BLACK students , *WHITE people , *BLACK people , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) - Abstract
The article focuses on the changing racial composition of schools in the U.S. and its effect on the perceived quality of schools from 1999 to 2012, with a focus on the metropolitan area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The authors explore the impact of moderate changes in the representation of black students in U.S. schools during the time frame of four to five years. The authors discuss the role of racial threat theory relating to their research findings. The authors contend that despite the current conditions of the schools, including changes in school safety, standardizes test scores and school poverty, that white neighborhood residents tend to perceive a reduction of the quality of their schools.
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- 2012
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