REDLINING

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES DISTRIBUTED IN

ACCORANCE WITH FAMILY INCOME.

In New York City for example, as we have seen, the opportunity to learn varies tremendously from neighborhood to neighborhood.

2,847 families3,143 families

13,806 families

1,850 families

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/crdc-2012-data-summary.pdf

THE SAME IS TRUE NATIONALLY

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/crdc-2012-data-summary.pdf

Students from low-income New York City families have little chance of even being tested for eligibility for Gifted and Talented programs.

3 2 13 22 26 1 15 20 25 21 30 28 5 17 18 6 31 11 14 29 16 8 23 19 27 4 24 7 32 10 9 120

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Percentage Tested for Gifted Talented

Community School Districts

Nashvil

le-David

son (T

N)

Caddo Parish (L

A)

Atlanta (G

A)

Charlesto

n (SC)

Palm Beach

County (FL

)

East Baton Rouge Paris

h (LA)

Duval C

ounty (FL

)

Pinellas C

ounty (FL

)

Cobb County (G

A)

Wake

County (N

C)

Cumberland County

Broward

County (FL

)

Clark County

(NV)

Jefferson County

(KY)

Guilford

County (N

C)

Chatham County (G

A)

Prince

Georg

e’s County

(MD)

Chicago (IL

)

Polk County

(FL)

Virginia Beach

(VA) C

ity

Jefferson Paris

h (LA)

Dallas (

TX)

Cleveland (O

H)

Rocheste

r (NY)

Newark (N

J)

Montgomery

County (M

D)0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Ratio of White to Black Male Enrollment in Gifted and Talented Programs

SOME DONUTS

* Locating the Dropout Crisis (2004) by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters

Philadelphia

Radnor

Chicago

Evansto

n

Cleveland

Orange City

New York City

*

Suburb

s$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$10,828

$15,988

$10,920

$20,358

$11,619

$18,836

$8,725

$13,245

Per Student Expenditure

* Locating the Dropout Crisis (2004) by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters

Philadelphia

Radnor

Chicago

Highland Park

Cleveland

Orange City

New York City

*

Scarsd

ale0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

50%

95%

59%

85%

48%

92%

33%

73%

Black Student Progression Grade 9 to 12

Black Black Male0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

51%48%

67%62%

Crossing the Line: Progression from Grade 9 to 12

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HOW TO FIND A DONUT

Donut

Donut Hole

DISTRICT REPORT CARDS

CENSUS DATA

HOW TO FIND A DONUT

ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR DONUT HUNTING

NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

COMMON CORE OF DATA

BUILD A TABLE: nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat

ANOTHER RESOURCE FOR DONUT HUNTING

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

CIVIL RIGHTS DATA: ocrdata.ed.gov

REDLINING RESOURCE CHECK LIST

School, District and State Report Cards

U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics

U. S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census