In 2015, Amsterdam implemented a centralised primary school admissions policy, constraining school choice after a long history of highly autonomous schools and free parental choice which has resulted, in part, in the city's segregated schooling environment. Introduced out of concerns of inequality for parents and disorganisation by schools, this…

In a context that privileges neighborhood zoning and school choice over within-district busing, we examine urban residents' perceptions of the benefits of racial diversity. We analyze public opinion trends by race and residents' experience as a student in a district under court-ordered desegregation--Nashville, TN. We find racial differences…

An ongoing struggle for affordable housing in Southern California has led many predominately White, middle, and upper middle- class families to seek home ownership in divested urban communities. This phenomenon, known as gentrification, can benefit a community by increasing property values, but often comes at a cost to longstanding, Black and…

Neighborhood change typically results in the displacement of families, which may lead to the closure of local schools. This qualitative case study will examine the North City School, which has persisted through neighborhood change. The research revealed one neighborhood school's policies and practices and told the story of how the school…

In the wake of political and legal challenges facing race-based integration, districts have turned to socioeconomic integration initiatives in an attempt to achieve greater racial balance across schools. Empirically, the extent to which these initiatives generate such balance is an open question. In this article, we leverage the school assignment…

This list of resources offers promising strategies that communities and policymakers can use to make sustainable advances in achieving equitable transportation systems. Resources are organized into seven categories: transportation equity, Safe Routes to School, school siting, complete streets, non-motorized transportation, community design, and…

An historical study of the neighborhood system of school assignment is presented in this monograph. The basic framework of this research is that of the legal history of the neighborhood school policy and the relationship of this policy to school segregation. The applicable State and Federal court cases and decisions are cited for the various…

The problem of complying with federal integration guidelines can be stated as a transportation problem with suitable alterations. This case study demonstrates application of the transportation procedure to school districting under integration guidelines. Data for the analysis were drawn from high school enrollment figures and census data for…

A sample of 81 Australian primary teachers was surveyed in 1985 and a similar group of 55 teachers was surveyed in 1987 in order to compare the numbers and variety of microcomputers purchased and how teachers used them in primary schools. Data were collected on teaching background, participation in inservice and preservice courses, and various…

Propositions made about short-course comprehensive schools and about neighborhood schools were tested in an investigation of all the 12-16 schools in a single LEA characterized by high levels of educational expenditure and an egalitarian ideology. (Editor)

This article examines the New York City decentralization program and its implications for ultimate exclusion of those groups for which the original design intended mainstream decision making powers. (JC)

This report summarizes information on community service activities in each of Eugene, Oregon's neighborhoods (as defined by school attendance zones) that currently supports a community school program or has experienced interest in starting a community school program. A variety of descriptive information is presented for each community school…

Shortly after the Kalamazoo Public Schools adopted an extensive desegregation plan based on a two-way busing approach patterned after the Berkeley California Schools, a study designed to reveal strengths and weaknesses of the proposed plan was commissioned. It was originally intended to collect appropriate baseline data prior to desegregation and…

Contends that the primary question in busing of school children is the neighborhood school and whether it should be continued, returned, or discarded. (DM)

Some of the trouble in education today could be alleviated by opening schools, colleges and universities with limited objectives; clearly stated purposes and programs; financial aid to students; teachers and professors committed to the programs; and survival of the institutions dependent upon the tests of the market place." (Author)