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LEGISLATIVE WORKSHIP
BY DON HARRIS
Yale Economist Questions Whether School
Choice Has Positive Impact on Segregation
School choice among districts doesn’t necessarily provide He mentioned three factors – parents don’t care exclusively
better access to quality schools for Hispanic students, a Yale about test scores, location matters, and choice does not occur in
University economics expert told members of three public school a vacuum.
organizations. “Choice alone is not su cient to integrate schools or provide
Matthew Hom, a Yale University Economics PhD candidate, every child with a quality education,” he said.
also touched on whether school choice a ects segregation. Hom, a Hom raised the question of whether students use choice to
Tucson native, discussed his research at the Legislative Workshop attend so-called “better” schools. “Within the context of district
sponsored by the Arizona School Boards Association, AASBO and open enrollment, that’s not true,” Hom said. “Many parents opt into
the Arizona School Administrators. He noted that his presentation schools that perform no better – and sometimes worse – than their
on open enrollment covers both inter-district and intra-district neighborhood option.”
movement in Maricopa County. Another question: “Does school choice reduce racial
“A student’s experience with school choice depends upon who segregation?” e answer, Hom said, is no. He suggested that
they are, where they live, and whether they expect to be part of the segregation would be lower under a neighborhood assignment
majority or the minority at a school,” Hom said.
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