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 evidence in policymaking has been limited at best. We hope that this issue will provide a snapshot of some of the important progress being made in the field today. An overview of the articles and a table of contents are included below.
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I. Policy Windows and Policy Strategies
The Bridges Collaborative: Centering Practitioners in the Fight for Integration by Stefan Lallinger
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School Desegregation, School Rezoning, and Growth Management in Two Maryland Counties by Ariel H. Bierbaum & Gail L. Sunderman
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Sharing the Wealth: How Regional Finance and Desegregation Plans Can Enhance School Desegregation and Promote Educational Equity by John Brittain, Larkin Willis, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., & Michael Alves
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Defining Segregation by Anika Singh Lemar
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Tackling School and Housing Segregation Through Revisions to AFFH by Elizabeth DeBray, Kara S. Finnigan, Andrew J. Greenlee, & Heidi Kurniawan
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Prioritizing Educational Equity and School Integration in San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Strategies by Natalie Spievack
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New Urban Institute Report and Data Tool Highlight Racially Unequal School Boundaries Across the US by Tomás Monarrez
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Connecting Housing and School Integration – Federal and State Policy Levers
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II. Evaluating the Past and Moving Forward with a Focus on Equity and Racial Justice
Using Research Evidence to Address Segregation: A Racial Equity Perspective by David Kirkland
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Policy Change Using a Regional Equity Framework by Kara S. Finnigan & Jennifer Jellison Holme
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Ratings, Rankings, and Segregation: The Failure of Measurement and Accountability in Education by Jack Schneider
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Confronting “White Island” School Districts by Erika Wilson
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An Alternative Measure of Student Performance to Help Parents Evaluate Schools by Tom Brown
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The Policy Possibilities to Confront the RaciaI Impacts of Gentrification by Chloe Latham Sikes & Terrance L. Green
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III. How the Next Generation is Tackling the Impact of Segregation in their Community
Q&A: Epic Theatre Ensemble’s Between the Lines Explores Housing and Schools Segregation
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Excerpt: Between the Lines Courtesy of Epic Theatre Ensemble
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Long Island High School Students Advocate for Housing and School Integration by Elaine Gross
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