Segregated Schools Today by Barry Goldenberg https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA We've now learned about racial segregation, historically -- including how it has occurred in practice and why -- and now it's time to look at what our current schools and neighborhood look like. Using the link provided in class (https://apps.urban.org/features/dividing-lines-school-segregation/) please follow these instructions: 1) Explore these datasets and pick a school district and pair of school that interests you; 2) Take a screenshot of the data in which you explore; and 3) Answer any or all of these questions: a) Do you have any personal connections to the schools listed? b) Anything surprise you or you find interesting? c) How/why does this build upon what we have learned historically? d) If none of the above: just give a quick summary! en-us 2021-12-28 00:10:29 UTC 2024-05-29 15:50:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f392.png County: Los Angeles ProfessorBarry https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1965902910
Jane Adams Middle School vs. Adams Middle School
This is close to where I live! I live in Redondo Beach (just slightly South, and I pass Adams Middle School all the time. It's wild to me that, without really any physical border at all between these two areas (that I can think of), they are so different in population. Where I live is an expensive area (which is why we live in a super small apartment!), and so just a few miles away, there is a larger Latinx population in the city of Hawthorne which I know anecdotally is much less of an expensive area. Is Hawthorne less expensive because of who lives there (based on stereotypes/prejudices)? Based on some geographic "thing" like being farther away from the beach? Because it has a reputation (fair or not!) of having lower-quality schools? Or, are schools the major reason *why* it might be less expensive to live there? The correlation is hard to disentangle!
-Prof. Barry]]> 2021-12-28 00:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1965902910 South Pasadena Middle School and San Pascual Elementary Science Tech Engineering Arts and Math (STEAM) Magnet https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991265038 This is an area that one of us visits pretty often and has noticed dramatic differences in the roads and structure of the two areas. Its not very surprising being in these areas that the schools are segregated as well.]]> 2022-01-13 21:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991265038 Leataata Floyd Elementary School and Crocker/Riverside Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991266762 2022-01-13 21:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991266762 Serrano Elementary School and California Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991268255 We noticed that Serrano Elementary School had a much larger white population than California Elementary School, which was mostly Hispanic. This was a dynamic that many of us were familiar with; most of us knew of schools that were zoned in similar ways - where the majority of kids attending one school was dominated by one ethnic group. This was often indicative of disparities in access to resources and funding. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991268255 Saddleback High School vs. Costa Mesa High School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991269061 James Han, Leslie Esquivel, Ajay Rajasekaran

A few of us attended high school near Saddleback High School and we were already aware that Saddleback had a lot of hispanic people attending that high school, especially since it's closer to the Santa Ana area compared to Costa Mesa High School. It is surprising to us that Costa Mesa High School has a very low population of hispanic compared to Saddleback High School even though they are pretty close to one another.]]> 2022-01-13 21:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991269061 Memorial Scholars & Athletes and Roosevelt International Middle School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991269180 2022-01-13 21:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991269180 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos school district segregated areas. https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991270162 Nahomi J. Ayala, Brian Shen Liu, Jiangjin Wang]]> 2022-01-13 21:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991270162 villa park and handy elementary school https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991271679 We don't have a personal connection to the school, but we can clearly see that there is less diversity towards the hills area and more diversity towards the city. Many homes in the hills area are much more expensive compared to those that are in the city. In Anaheim Hills, it is more predominantly White, whereas in Orange County more Hispanics are seen. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991271679 villa park elementary school and taft elementary school https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991272628 1. This area has personal significance for me (Gina S.). I went to school and lived about 15minutes away from the Villa Park area and what was so familiar about these schools was that when I was learning to drive my instructor brought me to Villa Park and taught me how to drive in the parking lot of Villa Park Elementary School. I also was a Nanny for a family who lived off the street Taft and their house was very nice and upscale.
2. What we thought was interesting that there was a lot of hispanic people in between these two schools and how they drew the line how less hispanic people had access to these schools. In my perspective seeing the actual town of Villa Park I noticed it was a lot nicer and well kept than the surrounding areas (Orange or Santa Ana). 
3. Because there are so many white people predominately in the schools, there might be a push back on more integrated schools with the hispanic population in this area. There also might be more funding to support this statement since a lot of wealthier people live in villa park.

Gina Saputo, Quynh Tran, Shuhong Zhu]]> 2022-01-13 21:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991272628 Claremont High School and Pomona High School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273158 We don't have a personal connection to the school, but we thought it would be interesting to look at because it's so close to us, location wise. What's interesting is that Pomona has a high hispanic population while Claremont has a much higher white population, and there's almost a clear line to show the distinction between the two. In terms of the historical connection, we can see  where the border is drawn as mentioned in the reading, and we the effects of those are still prevalent today. White communities almost always got better housing opportunities(loans) compared to minority groups, and thus were able to create wealthier, more affluent neighborhoods while minority communities were usually not given loans, which made it hard for them to buy nicer houses, sectioning them off into less affluent neighborhoods with less opportunities to grow.]]> 2022-01-13 21:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273158 Willow Oaks Elementary School and Duveneck Elementary School lashin1 https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273188 We do not have a personal connection to this location, however, we found the data here to be incredibly interesting. Between Willow Oaks Elementary School and Duveneck Elementary School, there is practically a dead set barrier between hispanics and whites. Since the north side of the map consists of mostly hispanics while the south side consists of mostly whites, the map drawn for these schools makes it seem like they intentionally tried to separate and segregate the whites and hispanics. This builds upon what we have learned historically because since there is already such a huge divide in various races based on where they are living, schools take advantage of that and draw boundaries to purposely segregate certain races. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273188 County: Riverside-San Bernardino- Ontario https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273318 There is one person in the group who comes from San Bernardino, she explained how she is used to being surrounded by POC, which is something that was depicted on the map. As a group we realized that the diversity is shown on the map through the different colored dots. We agreed that it is very interesting that we now have access to technology that allows us to see different district’s diversity.

-Vanessa Torres, Yuchen Wang, Wei Huang, Ashley Zieper

]]> 2022-01-13 21:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273318 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI: Mackenzie Elementary/Middle School and Unis Middle School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273558 Not a personal connection, but Adarsh is from Michigan. The thing that surprises us the most is how clean the split is, and that it is only between two races (Black and White.) It's straight across with little to no crossover/middle ground. It connects back to what we learned because historically Detroit, Warren, and the Livonia areas are known to be very segregated like the map above; very split with clean-cut lines distinguishing the neighborhoods.

- Adarsh Tummala, Justice Sarte, Thanh Thy Hoang, and Yiwen Zhang]]> 2022-01-13 21:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273558 McFadden Intermediate and Paularino Elementary School yannih https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273662 2022-01-13 21:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991273662 South Ogden Jr. High School and Odyssey School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991274516 Yunwei took high school at Utah. It suprised her at first because Yunwei seldom see balck people live in Utah. Utah may be a very segregated state. From this screenshot, people can easily saw that above the pink line, most are black or mexican communities, and below the pink line the majority are white people. 
Beilin Wang, Yunwei Han, Lizbeth Quintero, Marilyn Hamm
]]> 2022-01-13 21:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991274516 County: Ventura https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991275043 Westlake Hills Elementary School vs. Conejo Elementary School
I (Hannah) have a personal relationship with the area because I grew up in a neighboring town, although I did not attend either of these schools. Something that surprised us is that there is a major difference in diversity between the two schools. They both have a majority white population but it is clear that Westlake Hills Elementary school is primarily white while Conejo Elementary does have a higher Hispanic population. This is also pretty interesting because conejo is a Spanish word. While this is not the most diverse area, there is still a very clear divide between the populations of each school. 
-Hannah Freedberg, Daisy Phung, Arely Ramirez, Bilal Rubani]]> 2022-01-13 21:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991275043 Oak View and Golden View Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991275471 This is an area in one of our hometowns, Huntington Beach, that is actually very close to Irvine. What was most interesting about this district is that Oak View is actually surrounded by three districts that are much larger and have far higher percentages of white and Asian residents compared to the heavily Hispanic Oak View district.
Yiyun Quan, Jessica Ornelas, Spencer Velek]]> 2022-01-13 21:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991275471 Whittier Elementary School and Newport Heights Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991275924 Since we all come from different areas and districts, we wanted to observe an area near our school. So, we decided to pick schools near Newport Beach which is near Irvine. We are not surprised that Newport Heights Elementary School, which is nearer to the beach is more heavily populated with white people. Usually, because of generational wealth or because of how the history of segregation regarding wealth developed, people and families who live near the beach are usually white. We can see that Newport Heights elementary is not as diverse as Whittier elementary school. Whittier elementary school, which is probably in a district that is more affordable to live in has more Hispanics and more diversity. This shows us exactly what we have learned historically because Newport Beach would probably be a green area and Whittier would probably be a gray or even hatched area. So, people who live near Whittier elementary would probably end up staying in that district because of what historical data have shown. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991275924 County: Los Angeles https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991276099 Two of our group members live in Orange county which is not far from this county. We find it fascinating that the boundary can be without any physical line. Also, we can find that the population around the Pomona High School area is denser than in Claremont High School. Pomona high school seems to be mostly of Hispanic and Black, while Claremont High School seems to be mostly of White and Asians. We think this may be built up by housing segregation of race which can force the specific race to stay or live in a certain place. 
By: Siyu Ye, Mona Joan Takuma, Ann-Rae Thai]]> 2022-01-13 21:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991276099 County: Orange https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991276213 Kinoshita Elementary School and Del Obispo Elementary School

One of our group members lives near these two schools. There is a large diverse group of people of color on one side of the San Diego Freeway. Kinoshita's population seems to be more diverse than Del Obispo, and one of our groupmates comments that there is a middle school she attended between those two elementary schools and you could see the difference between the two. Despite how close the schools are in actuality, the zoning lines are still set so that the more racially diverse side of the district is confined to Kinoshita Elementary school as opposed to the more white Del Obispo side, which shows how these racial divides are systematic in nature and historically rooted. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991276213 canfield Avenue Elementary School and Shenandoah Street Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991278021 We chose canfield Avenue Elementary School and Shenandoah Street Elementary School and we observed that there is a big difference between the two elementary schools. Shenandoah Street Elementary School is more diverse while canfield Avenue Elementary School  is predominantly white. Canfield Avenue appears to live closer towards beverly hills which may account for the higher population of white students compared to the predominantly hispanic Shenandoah street elementary school. Another observation is that cafield is located near a large park which may be a commodity for many families. Meanwhile, Shenandoah Street is located neat a freeway, creating a noiser, more unsafe atmosphere. These lines may have been created early on to provide better living condition to raise families of different ethnicities in different ways. This later created a densely white community next to a densely hispanic community that wishes to keep seperate by creating invisible lines by schools, not just housing. 

Nika Wells, Fiona Lin, Alycia Akabori, Cong Zhao]]> 2022-01-13 21:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991278021 Divide in the community of Santa Ana https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991278189 For me and Arianna, both of our school districts did not show up. Therefore, this map including Santa Ana represent Deanna's community. Based on her accounts, even from walking around, there was a clear divide in the community- based on race. The map furthers her point as there is a clear boundary set by these two high schools. There are high populations of hispanic people on one side, and high populations of white people on the other. This can be seen clearly through the orange/blue colors on the map. 
Kyle, Arianna, Deanna]]> 2022-01-13 21:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991278189 Sunny Hills High School & Buena Park High School (Orange County) https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279185
  • This area has personal significance for me (Hanbyeol S). I went to Sunny Hills high school where the vast majority of students were Asian/Asian-American. One school in our school district — Buena Park High school — is known for having a huge Hispanic community. It was interesting for me to see the difference in demographics since we are so close to each other (10 minutes drive). 
  • It was interesting for us to see the distinctive difference where my (Hanbyeol) hometown have mostly Asian & white people; but if you move to a different area (eg. Anaheim or Buena Park), you could see the mix of the race (mostly Hispanic population)
    • Isabel N. Hunt
    Heidi Landa
    Kaylie Lara
    Hanbyeol Son

    ]]>     2022-01-13 21:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279185     Limerick Avenue Elementary School and Germain Academy For Academic Achievement https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279402 Something that surprised us was how diverse the two schools appear to be, and also the group has heard of the schools we decided to observe. Our group agreed these schools are well integrated, which made us feel like there was still hope for future generations ]]> 2022-01-13 21:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279402 County: Los Angeles https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279739 Claremont High School vs. Pomona High School

    We decided to compare the areas of Claremont High School and Pomona High School, which is located in a region close to where one of our group members lived. Claremont High School is in a predominately white region, whereas Pomona is in a predominately Hispanic and black region. According to one of our group members, the Claremont area also features more elite, private schools and universities such as Claremont McKenna College. We also noticed a very clear divide between the two areas, which seem to be separated by a road called Foothill Boulevard (also known as Route 66). The area of Claremont HS also seems to contain a population more sparse compared to that of Pomona HS, where the population appears very dense. Geographically speaking, this may be due to the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park adjacent to the Claremont area. Upon further research, living next to a wilderness park tends to increase property values, which may be why the community is more affluent and disproportionately lower-income, minority populations are less prevalent in the region. 

    -Kathryn Le, Victoria Chan, Marissa Garcia, and Fatima Del Rocio Robles]]>     2022-01-13 21:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279739     County: San Diego https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279813 This map shows a pretty evident divide between the two neighborhoods that the schools are located in. This is close to where Alexis lives, although she did not attend either of these schools. The San Diego freeway is a pretty tangible divider of the two neighborhoods, as in the north neighborhood, there are way more blue dots, while the south has majority of yellow and red dots. Additionally, Coronado Island is notably a pretty blue-concentrated suburb where a lot of white families "flew" to, while keeping their jobs in the inner city, using the Coronado Bridge to give them the access. Roosevelt International Middle School is also very close to the San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park, where they are more likely to have a greater amount of resources available for school activities (like field trips and play), as well as increasing their property tax value. In comparison, the Memorial Scholars and Athletes is right by the San Diego naval base, which contributes to a lot of environmental pollution, causing many of the children in the neighborhood to have a risk of asthma. This connects to what we learned about health and financial  privileges/disparities that come with geographical location.

    - Yuanzi Xu, Alexis R, Gene Floresca, Ashley Lopresto]]>     2022-01-13 21:43:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991279813     Claremont High School and Montclair High School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991282293 This is an area that one of us lives relatively close by too and visits often. She noticed that there is definitely a difference between the quality of the two cities in general. When we searched up the two cities we saw that it was nearly 50% more expensive to live in Claremont compared to Montclair. Another thing we noted was that because the Claremont colleges which are very prestigious schools are based in Claremont it may contribute to such differences in the quality of both the cities and the schools based in each respective city. This builds upon what we learned historically as it connects to the white flight where white families moved to more affluent areas that had better quality schools. This is why even though Claremont and Montclair are borderline cities there's an extremely noticeable racial disparity between the two cities, with Claremont having more white and Asian populations and Montclair having more of a Hispanic population.
    Helen Phan, Hana Cho, Kelsey Hernandez, Shein Htat]]>     2022-01-13 21:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991282293     Vine Street Elementary School and Third Street Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991282305 We found that there were more white and Asian students that are attending third street elementary school. Where the largest population is also aligning with aspects of the model minority. The pink line is also a visual representation of segregation as the amount of orange dots stop and are few and far between on the other side of it where the blue dots are. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991282305 Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and Gerald R. Ford Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991284240 The schools generally close to each other, so it is surprising to see how both Gerald R. Ford Elementary School and Benjamin Franklin Elementary School have predominantly white students. It was shocking to us how Gerald R. Ford Elementary School was almost 100% white. We also noted how there was a highway that divided two schools which was related to our discussion in class. ]]> 2022-01-13 21:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991284240 Claremont vs Pomona High School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991286504 Group Members: Kimberly Martin Celedon, Kate Natsuye Martin, Ryan Nguyen, Vivian Llamas
    I, Kimberly Martin have a personal connection to these schools because I used to live near here and had friends who used to go to these schools! In Pomona there was more Hispanics and Blacks. The city had more poverty compared to Claremont that had more White students that lived in a more wealthy community. There was a big difference right when you entered Claremont because the houses were bigger and newer. The roads were also much nicer compared to Pomona that had dirty streets and homeless in their community. ]]>     2022-01-13 21:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1991286504     Pomona High & Claremont High https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1998900475 I do not have any personal connection to either of these schools. However, I thought it was super interesting the difference of the population in the race at each school. For example, Claremont has a higher white population, and Pomona has a higher Hispanic population. The line that distinguishes the two populations gives us an idea of how the communities are. For example, the whiter communities have more educational opportunities as well as better housing. Whereas, the Hispanic populations and communities are more than likely to have a disadvantage in their community based on their educational opportunities, as well as their low-income housing. Personally, I think it's very interesting to see these depictions of communities because although we have become integrated over time, we can still see a clear representation of segregation in our communities and their resources. 
    -Jessica Padilla]]>     2022-01-18 20:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/1998900475     Ashford Park Elementary School and Dresden Elementary School https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/2007126903 Although I don't have any personal connection to this school, the differences between these two schools are very obvious. Dresden elementary school is more diverse than Ashford Park elementary school. Dresden have mostly white students, and Dresden have mostly hispanic students. Neighborhoods in Ashford Park are more scarcely distributed, whereas neighborhoods in Dresden are more concentrated. 

    -Jing Zhang]]>     2022-01-23 13:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ProfessorBarry/SegregatedSchoolsSecA/wish/2007126903