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Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Goldring, Ellen; Smrekar, Claire – American Journal of Education, 2010
By using Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping software to combine health and crime data with data from 20 schools in one Southeastern district, the study explores whether and how neighborhood conditions affect school-community arrangements. Findings show that the nature of the relationships and the strategies principals and teachers use to…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Community Involvement, Neighborhood Schools, Social Influences
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Goldring, Ellen; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Smrekar, Claire; Taylor, Cynthia – American Journal of Education, 2006
This article uses census data, information collected by health and police departments, and GIS mapping software to analyze the neighborhood contexts surrounding schools in one Southern school district. When courts lifted Nashville's desegregation order in 1999, the district agreed to implement a new student assignment plan geared toward…
Descriptors: Shared Resources and Services, Desegregation Litigation, African American Children, Social Capital