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ERIC Number: ED671956
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 43
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Digital Redlining: The Relevance of 20th Century Housing Policy to 21st Century Broadband Access and Education. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-471
Benjamin Skinner; Hazel Levy; Taylor Burtch
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Broadband is not equally accessible among students despite its increasing importance to education. We investigate the relationship between broadband and housing policy by joining two measures of broadband access with Depression-era redlining maps that classified neighborhoods based in part on racist and classist beliefs. We find that despite internet service provider self-reports of similar technological availability, broadband access generally decreases in tandem with historic neighborhood classification, with further heterogeneity by race/ethnicity and income. Our findings demonstrate how past federally-developed housing policies connect to the digital divide and should be considered in educational policies that require broadband for success.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Related Records: EJ1427574
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
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