Urban Studies Major Co-Authors Paper on Racial Disparities in California School Closures

Urban Studies major Camille Luong '25 co-authors with Assistant Professor Francis Pearman a study that investigates racial disparities in school closures within California and nationally. Findings highlight a pattern: Schools enrolling higher proportions of Black students are at significantly increased risk of closure relative to those enrolling fewer Black students, a pattern that is more pronounced in California than elsewhere in the United States. Independent scholar Danielle Marie Greene  also contributed to the study. 

To learn more about the article in the Stanford Graduate School of Education, see here. 

To learn more about the study, see here.