The Curious Case of the Missing Tail: Trends among the Top 1% of School Districts in the United States, 2000-2015

Autor/in	Kelly, Matthew Gardner
Titel	The Curious Case of the Missing Tail: Trends among the Top 1% of School Districts in the United States, 2000-2015
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 49 (2020) 5, S.312-320 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X20922999
Schlagwörter	School District Wealth; Advantaged; Educational Finance; Educational Trends; Public Schools; School Districts; Institutional Characteristics; New York; Illinois; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Bildungsentwicklung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This article investigates trends in the relative wealth of the richest school districts in the United States between 2000 and 2015. For the purposes of discussion, I focus on the top 1% of districts. I argue that trends in school funding for the richest districts deserve greater attention from education researchers. Districts in the top 1% of the cost-adjusted, national school funding distribution are disproportionately suburban, affluent, and White. The relative wealth of these districts increased sharply (31.59%) between 2000 and 2015. Disaggregating these trends reveals large variation between states. Nevertheless, resource concentration in the top percentile of school districts increased in a large majority of states. These findings cannot be explained by efforts to provide additional educational resources to students with the greatest needs, and they suggest the ways in which the concentration of affluence accompanying growing economic inequality may be changing school funding. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01