Research Guides: African American Education in the US: Resources

Core Databases

Social Explorer
Statistics about people, social characteristics, and the economy of the U.S., with Census data from 1790 to the present.
Statista
Statista aggregates statistics and studies from market researchers, organizations, specialist publications, and government sources.
National Center for Education Statistics
Statistics and data related to education, schooling, and assessment in the U.S., from early childhood to higher education.
Census of Population and Housing
Complete text of decennial census publications and supplemental reports. Content varies by decade. Many of the topics (e.g. religion) are no longer reported on by the Census.
Colorado Department of Education Data
Primary source for data on K-12 students, schools, and districts in the state of Colorado.
Neighborhood Change Database 2000
U.S. Census data from 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 at the census tract level. Contains details such as population, household, housing characteristics, income, poverty status, education level, employment, housing costs, immigration, and other variables.
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Neighborhood Change Database 2010
U.S. Census data from 2010 at the census tract level. Contains details such as population, household, housing characteristics, income, poverty status, education level, employment, housing costs, immigration, and other variables.
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U.S. Census Data
Tool to retrieve recent data on the people and economy of the U.S.

Making Searches

Boolean Searching Tips

Boolean Operator	Example	What it does
AND	BIPOC AND education policy	Narrows your search
OR	children OR kids OR youth	Broadens your search
NOT	"educational opportunity" NOT "language immersion"	Weeds out unhelpful stuff
"Quotation marks"	"BIPOC neighborhood"	Searches an exact phrase, those words in that order
* (Asterisk)	educatio* Will include possibilities like education, educational, educationally, etc.	Includes all possible word-ending variations

Play with your Keywords

Neoliberal Urbanism AND education policy
Urban education AND racism OR high dropout OR disciplinary referral rates
Racism OR xenophobia AND schools
Educational Equity OR Segregated Neighborhood AND critical spatial analysis
gentrification AND black homeowners OR black displacement AND school change
Neighborhood change AND gentrification AND education AND policy
Neighborhood school AND ethnographic evidence OR urban strategy
Black neighborhood OR BIPOC neighborhood AND ethnography
educational opportunities AND black children

An Interesting Reading:

Kerubo, J. (2021, August 22). What Gentrification Means for Black Homeowners. The New York Times, 8.

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