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Inter-District and Intra-District Segregation on Long Island
Inter-District and Intra-District Segregation on Long Island, a new report published by the Long Island Index, finds that by one measure, school segregation on Long Island is double the national average; Nassau’s is almost triple. Black-white segregation is worse than Hispanic-white segregation, but Hispanic-white school segregation has been steadily increasing since the late 1980s, as the Hispanic population has grown to become the largest non-white racial/ethnic group in Long Island’s schools. Although there are some exceptions, schools in the same district aren’t that segregated; instead, entire school districts are segregated from one another. The study’s author, Douglas Ready, pointed to Long Island’s severe municipal fragmentation as one cause of the high levels of segregation between school districts. “Previous studies have found that school segregation is intensified in diverse metropolitan areas that offer many, small school districts. This is certainly what we find on Long Island, which may have the most fragmented school districts in the nation.”
Study by Douglas Ready, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of EducationTeachers College, Columbia University
Long Island at a Tipping Point
Can Long Island be a world class innovation powerhouse? That is the question that the Long Island Index is asking. Watch the video below to learn how Long Island has the necessary assets, which if properly managed, could redefine the region into a major economic and innovation powerhouse.
Download Long Island at a Tipping Point Video
Designed by Duarte Design.
Ready to Take-Off: But Will We?
A one-page summary of what it will take to transform Long Island.
Designed by Amy Unikewicz of JellyFever Design.
Long Island Index Profile 2012
To learn more about how Long Island is progressing economically, demographically, socially and more, read the new Long Island Index Profile 2012 report.
Written by Chris Jones and staff at the Regional Plan Association.
Infographics were created by Amy Unikewicz of JellyFever Design.
Innovation Index
Findings from the video are based on a new report, The Long Island Innovation Index.
Written by Collaborative Economics.
Tracking Residential Satisfaction on Long Island Survey
Findings from the 2012 survey about Long Islanders' outlook on the future and openness to change in their region can be read here.
Poll conducted by Leonie Huddy and staff at the Center for Survey Research, Stony Brook University.
Indicators
Use the left navigation to view updated 2012 Indicators.
