Affordable Housing Can Help Reduce Educational Gap

A new report from the New England Public Policy Center, “Racial and Socioeconomic Test-Score Gaps In New England Metropolitan Areas: State School Aid and Poverty Segregation,” explores factors associated with unequal educational opportunity in the region. One of the conclusions is that policies that encourage more income integration across communities and school districts could help. Increasing affordable housing can help low- and moderate-income families move to areas where school outcomes are better.

If you have access to the Boston Globe, you can read their article To help low-income students, build more affordable housing in high-performing school districts, report say. In the article the Globe says, “Massachusetts and other New England states should create more affordable housing in suburbs with high-performing schools to expand educational opportunities for low-income students, according to a report released Monday that said New England has among the widest achievement gaps nationwide.”

Alternatively you can read the New England Public Policy Center’s full report, “Racial and Socioeconomic Test-Score Gaps In New England Metropolitan Areas: State School Aid and Poverty Segregation.”