Elizabeth H. DeBray, Philip Tegeler, Ariel H. Bierbaum, & Andrew J. Greenlee Segregation and concentration of poverty are long-standing issues with material consequences for academic and life outcomes as well as democratic representation and participation. The enduring impacts of housing and school segregation continue to undermine the democratic nature of our public … [Read more...] about The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Housing/Education Nexus
There is a reciprocal relationship between residential segregation and segregated schools. Federal housing policy and historical patterns of housing segregation have created stark divides between wealthy, largely white communities with high property values and predominantly minority communities with more limited resources. Due to the local nature of school funding, communities with higher property value can generate more funding for schools, leading to more comprehensive educational resources and higher test scores, which in turn drives up the price of homes in the school district. In this way the socioeconomic and racial divisions between neighborhoods and schools perpetuate themselves in a vicious cycle. Just as residential and school segregation are mutually reinforcing, so too are the effects of residential and school integration. Children attending integrated schools are more likely to live in integrated neighborhoods as adults, and send their own children to integrated schools. The effects are reciprocal, working positively in both directions.
For more on PRRAC’s work on this topic, visit our page on the Housing-School Nexus.
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
— Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) There's no higher compliment, in my view, for an academic than seeing that your work has had a real impact on people's lives, so this conference is incredibly meaningful to me. And of course, that impact is only possible because of the work you all do, so I'm very grateful for … [Read more...] about The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility (August-December 2023 P&R Journal)
Poverty & Race Journal (August – December 2023)
The arc of opportunity: a decade of research on housing, neighborhoods, and social mobility — Raj Chetty (Keynote address at the 9th National Housing Mobility Conference. September 20, 2023) The Role of the Federal Government in Promoting Cross-Sector Regional Collaboration —Elizabeth H. DeBray, Philip Tegeler, Ariel H. Bierbaum, & Andrew J. Greenlee Recalibrating a … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (August – December 2023)
Past, Present, and Future: Making and Unmaking the School-Prison Nexus (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) Matthew B. Kautz When I began my teaching career in Detroit, I entered my co-located high school with excitement about all the curricular possibilities. However, within days, it became painfully clear the school’s approach to discipline dominated the … [Read more...] about Past, Present, and Future: Making and Unmaking the School-Prison Nexus (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Unintended Consequences of School Finance Reform? An Initial Exploration. (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)
Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.2 (April – July 2023) Phil Tegeler Funding disparities between school districts are driven by racial and economic segregation, and yet progressive state legislatures have generally bypassed desegregation in favor of compensatory funding for districts with greater student … [Read more...] about Unintended Consequences of School Finance Reform? An Initial Exploration. (April – July 2023 P&R Journal)