| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : metropolitan school desegregation, past and present -- Background. Why boundary lines matter so much, and what we have done about them ; School policy is housing policy, and vice versa -- Analysis. Divergent paths : school and housing desegregation in four southern cities ; Divergent outcomes : the contemporary relationship between school and housing segregation in four southern cities -- Solutions. The choice conundrum : challenges and opportunities for voluntary school desegregation policy ; Education and the regional agenda -- Afterword / with Gary Orfield |
| Summary |
This work explores what happens when communities focus squarely on overcoming the educational divide between city and suburb. Based on evidence from metropolitan school desegregation efforts between 1990 and 2010, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley uses quantitative methods and innovative mapping tools to underscore the damages wrought by school-district boundary lines and to raise awareness about communities that have sought to counteract them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-213) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 3, 2021) |
| Subject |
School integration -- Southern States -- History -- 21st century
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Education, Urban -- Southern States -- History -- 21st century
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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EDUCATION -- General.
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Education, Urban
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School integration
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Southern States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469627854 |
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146962785X |
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9781469627847 |
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1469627841 |
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