The structure of public education in the U.S., with its unequal funding, enrollment rights tied to property, and de facto segregation has created a system where high-opportunity schools are a scarce resource to be hoarded. The resources provided to individual schools and the opportunities gained from them vary widely, making resource-rich, high-opportunity schools a … [Read more...] about Parents’ Conceptions of School Enrollment as Property (Jan – Sept 2022 P&R Issue)
Housing-Schools Nexus Articles (via Poverty & Race)
“Connecting Housing and School Integration Research, Practice, and Policy” by Kara S. Finnigan & Philip Tegeler (Oct – Dec 2021 P&R Issue)
This special issue of Poverty & Race brings together a variety of research evidence, policy expertise, and student perspectives to the issue of school and housing segregation and the interconnections between the sectors. For years, social scientists have generated important scholarship on the topic of segregation in education and housing, but the use of this research … [Read more...] about “Connecting Housing and School Integration Research, Practice, and Policy” by Kara S. Finnigan & Philip Tegeler (Oct – Dec 2021 P&R Issue)
