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PRRAC Update (July 21, 2011): “The Imperative of Integration”; Flexibility bill could deprive students of Title I resources

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"The Imperative of Integration" Read a précis of the important new book by Elizabeth Anderson in the current issue of Poverty & Race - also featuring articles on "Health Impact Assessment" by Saneta DeVuono-powell and Jonathan Heller, and articles on health equity and comprehensive community health care from members of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 21, 2011): “The Imperative of Integration”; Flexibility bill could deprive students of Title I resources

PRRAC Update (July 7, 2011): Remaking the secondary mortgage market; Voices of Integration

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Learning from the past - How to remake the secondary mortgage market "The American dream of homeownership did not magically emerge after World War II from some invisible hand of the market. The readily available, low downpayment, thirty-year mortgage that flooded the market with credit in the 40s and 50s was the result of a series of government policies, including … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 7, 2011): Remaking the secondary mortgage market; Voices of Integration

PRRAC Update (June 23, 2011): Housing and the mortgage finance system; how does the U.N. race discrimination treaty go beyond U.S. civil rights laws? Voluntary school integration in Wake County, North Carolina

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Fair Housing and the mortgage finance system PRRAC has been working as part of a broad civil rights coalition seeking to influence the redesign of the U.S. housing finance system, in the wake of the foreclosure crisis and the forced receivership of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Part of the analysis of the Obama Administration's reform proposals focuses on the … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 23, 2011): Housing and the mortgage finance system; how does the U.N. race discrimination treaty go beyond U.S. civil rights laws? Voluntary school integration in Wake County, North Carolina

PRRAC Update (June 9, 2011): How important is racial diversity in education and transportation policy?

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How important is racial diversity in education and transportation policy? "Investing in Innovation": After last December's inclusion of racial diversity as a competitive grant priority for U.S. Department of Education programs, we were once again disappointed to see the priority missing from an important competitive grant program. In its "Final revisions to priorities, … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 9, 2011): How important is racial diversity in education and transportation policy?

PRRAC Update (May 27, 2011): America healing: Magnet school student outcomes; Southeastern Pennsylvania first suburbs project

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News and resources We are just back from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's "America Healing" Conference in North Carolina, where PRRAC was represented as one of the Foundation's national anchor organizations for this new racial justice initiative (other national anchor groups include the Applied Research Center, the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, and several other … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 27, 2011): America healing: Magnet school student outcomes; Southeastern Pennsylvania first suburbs project