Coming to mailboxes this week - the new issue of Poverty & Race - featuring: "Why Don't Vouchers Do a Better Job of Deconcentrating Poverty? Insights from Fieldwork with Poor Families," by Stefanie DeLuca, Philip M.E. Garboden, and Peter Rosenblatt, Johns Hopkins University (examines the constrained "choices" facing low income families with Section 8 … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (October 4, 2012): Preview of new P&R, plus housing and health
PRRAC Update
PRRAC Update (September 13, 2012): New MTO findings; and school diversity in the party platforms
Important new MTO analysis from the Urban Institute: Many advocates and practitioners were puzzled by last year's findings from the "Moving to Opportunity" experiment that found significant health and mental health benefits for low income families moving to low poverty neighborhoods, but not higher employment or educational attainment as a group. One popular … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (September 13, 2012): New MTO findings; and school diversity in the party platforms
PRRAC Update (August 23, 2012): Fisher v. Texas update; and new developments in Seattle and Dallas
International human rights and the University of Texas affirmative action case: PRRAC joined with Human Rights Advocates in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, arguing that the Court should consult international human rights standards - particularly the U.S.-ratified Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 23, 2012): Fisher v. Texas update; and new developments in Seattle and Dallas
PRRAC Update (July 26, 2012): School diversity in Ohio, children and healthy neighborhoods
Poverty & Race: the July-August issue, on your way to your mailboxes, describes a successful effort by the Kirwan Institute at Ohio State to preserve and improve Ohio's racial integration law. Plus a historical review of media coverage of race, by PRRAC Board member Craig Flournoy. Housing mobility and neighborhood health: a new article by Phil Tegeler and … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 26, 2012): School diversity in Ohio, children and healthy neighborhoods
PRRAC Update (July 12, 2012): Successful dual language immersion schools; tracking federal progress on civil rights
Dual Language Immersion Models in Massachusetts: "Have We Learned Our Language Lesson?" is the latest publication from the One Nation Indivisible project. This profile shows exemplary results from a group of culturally and linguistically integrated dual immersion schools in Massachusetts that include English Language Learners as full … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (July 12, 2012): Successful dual language immersion schools; tracking federal progress on civil rights