The Relationship Between Public and Private Schooling and Anti-Semitism |
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| Authors: | Jay P Greene Ian Kingsbury |
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| Institution: | Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA |
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| Abstract: | No previous research has directly examined the relationship between attending a public or private school as a child and people’s attitudes toward Jews when they become adults. This article sheds new light on this issue by using a large, nationally representative survey of over 1,500 adults in the United States to see how childhood schooling is related to adult anti-Semitism. It finds that even after controlling for a variety of background characteristics, people who attended private schools exhibit more positive attitudes toward Jews than those who attended public schools. |
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| Keywords: | anti-Semitism civic values private schools school choice tolerance |
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