October 16, 2018
By Erica L. Green and Annie Waldman
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About a third of the 25 districts with the widest achievement disparities between white and black students are in or near college towns, according to a review of data compiled by researchers at Stanford University. Affluent families in university towns invest a large proportion of their resources in their children’s education, said Sean Reardon, a professor of education at Stanford.
In such communities, “disparities in resources — between white and black students, for example — may be more consequential,” he said.
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