How a Tennessee housing policy concentrates poverty, denies opportunity
“The Harvard economist’s work fits with other research that shows economically disadvantaged students have brighter futures when they attend low-poverty schools, thanks to the school’s quality themselves and the social network benefits of learning alongside the children of college-educated parents.
‘Because of multiple levels of systemic racism … high-poverty areas are often the ones with the least educational resources,’ Gordon said.
Before the pandemic interrupted standardized statewide testing, Tennessee evaluated public schools primarily using its Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System.”