A PRRAC & Century Foundation Report (May 2012). By Richard D. Kahlenberg & Halley Potter. Excerpt: The education policy and philanthropy communities to date have placed a premium on funding charter schools that have high concentrations of poverty and large numbers of minority students. This report asks: Might it make more sense for foundations and policymakers to … [Read more...] about Diverse Charter Schools (PRRAC & Century Foundation, May 2012)
Publications
Comments on Federal Transit Administration Proposed Rule on Transit Oriented Development (March 2012)
Opportunity and Location in Federally Subsidized Housing Programs: A New Look at HUD’s Site & Neighborhood Standard As Applied to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (PRRAC, Kirwan Institute & Opportunity Agenda, October 2011)
A PRRAC, Kirwan Institute & Opportunity Agenda Report (October 2011). By Philip Tegeler, Henry Korman, Jason Reece, and Megan Haberle. Synopsis: This paper is intended to present a civil rights perspective on the federal policy discussion currently underway seeking to harmonize various subsidized housing development rules across the three agencies that sponsor low-income … [Read more...] about Opportunity and Location in Federally Subsidized Housing Programs: A New Look at HUD’s Site & Neighborhood Standard As Applied to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (PRRAC, Kirwan Institute & Opportunity Agenda, October 2011)
Finding Common Ground: Coordinating Housing and Education Policy to Promote Integration (PRRAC & NCSD, October 2011).
A PRRAC-NCSD Report (October 2011). Edited by Philip Tegeler. Excerpt: Families who participated in the Baltimore Mobility Program experienced radical changes in their local neighborhood contexts, moving from poor and segregated areas to mixed race, low poverty communities. In this paper, we look at the changes in educational opportunity that accompanied these moves. Given … [Read more...] about Finding Common Ground: Coordinating Housing and Education Policy to Promote Integration (PRRAC & NCSD, October 2011).
A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s (PRRAC and Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, September 2011)
A PRRAC & Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies Report (September 2011). By Rolf Pendall, Elizabeth Davies, Lesley Freiman, and Rob Pitingolo. Excerpt: "This report tracks the stubborn persistence of concentrated poverty—poverty rates over 30 percent—in U.S. metropolitan areas over a period of nearly 40 years. Neighborhoods with poverty rates above 30 percent … [Read more...] about A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s (PRRAC and Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, September 2011)
