Digital Redlining: The Relevance of 20th Century Housing Policy to 21st Century Broadband Access and Education
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| Title: | Digital Redlining: The Relevance of 20th Century Housing Policy to 21st Century Broadband Access and Education |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Benjamin T. Skinner (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Policy. 2024 38(5):1007-1043. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 37 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Internet, Telecommunications, Information Networks, Information Technology, Equal Education, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Housing, Educational Policy, Federal Government, Public Agencies, Racial Factors, Socioeconomic Influences, Educational History, Data, Census Figures |
| DOI: | 10.1177/08959048231174882 |
| ISSN: | 0895-9048 1552-3896 |
| Abstract: | Broadband is not equally accessible among students despite its increasing importance to education. We investigate the relationship between broadband and housing policy by joining two measures of broadband access with Depression-era redlining maps that classified neighborhoods based in part on racist and classist beliefs. We find that despite internet service provider self-reports of similar technological availability, broadband access generally decreases in tandem with historic neighborhood classification, with further heterogeneity by race/ethnicity and income. Our findings demonstrate how past federally-developed housing policies connect to the digital divide and should be considered in educational policies that require broadband for success. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1427574 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Broadband is not equally accessible among students despite its increasing importance to education. We investigate the relationship between broadband and housing policy by joining two measures of broadband access with Depression-era redlining maps that classified neighborhoods based in part on racist and classist beliefs. We find that despite internet service provider self-reports of similar technological availability, broadband access generally decreases in tandem with historic neighborhood classification, with further heterogeneity by race/ethnicity and income. Our findings demonstrate how past federally-developed housing policies connect to the digital divide and should be considered in educational policies that require broadband for success. |
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| ISSN: | 0895-9048 1552-3896 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/08959048231174882 |
