RESEARCH: School Choice and Integration

The Impact of School Choice on Racial Integration in Milwaukee Private Schools
After religious schools were added to the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) opponents predicted that racial segregation would increase. This study shows that four years later religious schools are more racially integrated than their public school counterpart. --Howard L. Fuller, Ph.D., and Deborah Greiveldinger, Marquette University, August 2002

Integration Where It Counts: A Study of Racial Integration in Public and Private
School Lunchroom
This study examines integration at a random sample of public and private schools in two cities. The findings suggest that private schools tend to offer a more racially integrated environment than do public schools. -- Jay P. Greene and Nicole Mellow, Texas Education Review, 2000

Choice and Community: The Racial, Economic and Religious Context of Parental Choice
in Cleveland
Cleveland's school choice program contributes to racial integration by providing families with access to private schools that, on average, are better racially integrated than the public schools. --Jay P. Greene, Buckeye Institute Report, 1999