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ERIC Number: EJ1370175
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-956X
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7930
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The Distribution of School Resources in the United States: A Comparative Analysis across Levels of Governance, Student Subgroups, and Educational Resources
Lee, Hojung; Shores, Kenneth; Williams, Elinor
Peabody Journal of Education, v97 n4 p395-411 2022
Levels of governance (the nation, states, and districts), student subgroups (racially and ethnically minoritized and economically disadvantaged students), and types of resources (expenditures, class sizes, and teacher quality) intersect to represent a complex and comprehensive picture of K-12 educational resource inequality. Drawing on multiple sources of the most recent available data, we describe inequality in multiple dimensions. At the national level, racially and ethnically minoritized and economically disadvantaged students receive between $30 and $800 less in K-12 expenditures per pupil than white and economically advantaged students. At the state and district levels, per-pupil expenditures generally favor racially and ethnically minoritized and economically disadvantaged students compared to white and economically advantaged students. Looking at nonpecuniary resources, minoritized and economically disadvantaged students have smaller class sizes than their subgroup counterparts in the average district, but these students also have greater exposure to inexperienced teachers. We see no evidence that district-level spending in favor of traditionally disadvantaged subgroups is explained by district size, average district spending, teacher turnover, or expenditures on auxiliary staff, but black and Hispanic spending advantage is correlated with the relative size of the black and Hispanic special education population.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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