Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

DOI

10.1177/23328584251314049

Publication Title

AERA Open

Volume

11

Pages

23328584251314049 (1-20)

Abstract

Interdistrict choice has the potential to exacerbate or alleviate between-district segregation-an increasingly pervasive form of U.S. school segregation-by allowing students to attend schools in districts where they do not reside. Prior research concentrates on the effects of charter schooling on segregation within districts and counties. We used longitudinal enrollment and demographic data from Michigan to examine the impacts of both interdistrict and charter school choice on racial and economic segregation within and between districts in a single setting. We estimated these effects by leveraging between-grade differences in choice use within school systems and years. We confirmed findings from previous research that increases in charter school enrollment increase within-district racial and economic segregation. We also found that the effects of interdistrict choice on both within- and between-district segregation vary with the presence of charter schools.

Rights

© 2025 The Authors.

Published under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.

Data Availability

Article states: "The data access and analysis files for this article can be found at https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/212584/version/V1/view."

Comments

Supplemental material carries the same license as the article it is associated with.

ORCID

0000-0003-2297-0158 (Edwards)

Original Publication Citation

Edwards, D. S., & Anderson, K. P. (2025). Do public school choice policies segregate schools? Dynamic effects in Michigan. AERA Open, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584251314049

Additional Files
Edwards-Anderson-2025-DoPublicSchoolChoiceSupplementaryInfo.docx (482 kB)
SupplementaryMaterial
Download

Share

COinS