By E. Tammy Kim, New Republic Yonkers, just north of New York City, can be a noisy place. Kendra Rose grew up here—on Ashburton Avenue, which divides the city’s hard-up south from its middle-class north, and then on Beech. Those who know the area know to avoid roads like Beech, Elm, Poplar, Willow and Linden, the notorious “tree streets.” … [Read more...] about The Section 8 Voucher Trap (New Republic)
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Tickets Out of Poverty? (American Prospect Februrary 2016)
By Jake Blumgart, American Prospect February 8, 2016 Housing voucher recipients can move to better neighborhoods only if states and localities break down suburban barriers. For Lorraine Washington, a housing choice voucher, colloquially known as Section 8, represents escape and opportunity. Before her recent move enabled by the subsidy, she lived in the Blumberg … [Read more...] about Tickets Out of Poverty? (American Prospect Februrary 2016)
Test Comments on civil rights standards in the Rental Assistance Demonstration
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Predicting School Diversity Impacts of State and Local Education Policy: The Role of Title VI (Philip Tegeler, 2016)
By Philip Tegeler. (School Integration Matters: Research-Based Strategies to Advance Equity, Teachers College Press, Edited by Erica Frankenberg, Liliana M. Garces, and Megan Hopkins, 2016) Excerpt: "The Department of Education has made great strides in its recent guidance documents on school discipline and resource disparities. The next step is to move from a complaint and … [Read more...] about Predicting School Diversity Impacts of State and Local Education Policy: The Role of Title VI (Philip Tegeler, 2016)
“Despite the Best Intentions: Making School Integration Work in Integrated Schools” by John B. Diamond & Amanda E. Lewis (November-December 2015 P&R Issue)
By John B. Diamond and Amanda E. Lewis (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) 1In recent decades, the so-called racial “achievement gap” has been a central focus in U.S. educational policy, practice and research.2 While black/white differences in educational outcomes narrowed substantially since the 1970s and most of the 1980s (at least in part as the … [Read more...] about “Despite the Best Intentions: Making School Integration Work in Integrated Schools” by John B. Diamond & Amanda E. Lewis (November-December 2015 P&R Issue)
