Fifth National Conference on Assisted Housing Mobility: We just completed a successful two-day national conference, co-hosted by the Urban Institute, on current research, advocacy, and practice in the field of assisted housing mobility (focusing on programs that assist housing voucher families make voluntary moves to lower poverty and less racially concentrated … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (June 14, 2012): Fifth National Housing Mobility conference and “Race to the Top” revisited
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PRRAC Update (May 31, 2012): Slow moving rules – and a new charter school report
New report on charter schools: Yesterday, PRRAC joined The Century Foundation in publishing a white paper by Richard Kahlenberg and Halley Potter titled "Diverse Charter Schools: Can Racial and Socioeconomic Integration Promote Better Outcomes for Students?" The paper examines the causes of the current trend of charter school funders and government program … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 31, 2012): Slow moving rules – and a new charter school report
PRRAC Update (May 18, 2012): Diverse charter schools? and Deepak Bhargava in the new P&R
Century Foundation/PRRAC convening on diverse charter schools: Continuing one of the themes from yesterday's Conference on School Diversity, PRRAC is co-sponsoring a lunch forum later this month titled "Diverse Charter Schools: Can Racial and Socioeconomic Integration Promote Better Outcomes for Students?" A panel of civil rights and charter school … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 18, 2012): Diverse charter schools? and Deepak Bhargava in the new P&R
PRRAC Update (May 3, 2012): Doug Massey on Mount Laurel – and another HUD demonstration
Important new research on housing mobility from Doug Massey: In the upcoming Poverty & Race, Princeton Professor Doug Massey presents a summary of new research on outcomes for families and children at Ethel Lawrence Homes, a low income housing development in a relatively affluent suburban town outside of Philadelphia (Mount Laurel). Tracking … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (May 3, 2012): Doug Massey on Mount Laurel – and another HUD demonstration
PRRAC Update (April 19, 2012): Zoning, education, and more resources!
PRRAC resources library: Some of the input from our recent readers' survey of Poverty & Race (our bimonthly print publication) asked if the "resources section" and other content from P&R could be made available on-line between issues, rather than just posted every two months. We agree - and we have set up a separate page of resource … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (April 19, 2012): Zoning, education, and more resources!