New York City's universal pre-kindergarten program, which increased full-day enrollment from 19,000 to almost 70,000 children, is ambitious in both scale and implementation speed. We provide new evidence on the distribution of pre-K quality in NYC by student race/ethnicity, and investigate the extent to which observed differences are associated…

This study explores segregation and privatization in NYC public schools through the lens of early childhood music education. On a "macro level" (district/citywide), this article compares access to music in charter schools and traditional public schools serving kindergarten through third grade (K-3) and examines how different…

In an effort to better understand how students' length of exposure to American secondary schools relates to academic performance in core, first-year college courses, this study surveyed and analyzed the demography, study habits, and grades of 267 freshman composition (ENG 101) students at a large, urban community college. Results indicated that…

At a time when voters are keenly focused on the cost of living, housing affordability has become a hot political issue in many parts of the country, including New York State. Policymakers, grappling with what they can do to make housing more affordable, are actively seeking to reform longstanding local exclusionary zoning laws, policies that…

This executive summary highlights the value of making chronic absence data transparent and available to families, community partners, and other stakeholders outside school systems. Aimed at motivating action, this report: (1) shares key findings from the analysis of the scale, scope, and concentration of chronic absence in schools throughout the…

Over the past decade, chronic absence has gone from being a virtually unknown concept to a national education metric that provides every school in the nation with critical data on how many students are missing so many days of school it jeopardizes their academic success. The inclusion of chronic absence in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was…

Demographic and income disparities may impact food accessibility. Research has not yet well documented the precise location of healthy and unhealthy food resources around children's homes and schools. The objective of this study was to examine the food environment around homes and schools for all public school children, stratified by…

This dissertation is comprised of three chapters. The first chapter examines the effects of private equity investment on the firms that receive this investment in India. While private equity (PE) is expanding rapidly in developing countries, there is little academic research on this subject. In this chapter I exploit two new data sources and…

THE SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR NEW SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT AS PART OF AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT IN NEW HAVEN ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. OVER A 9-YEAR PERIOD 14 OBSOLETE SCHOOLS WILL BE REPLACED, TWO OTHERS AND ONE ANNEX WILL BE ABANDONED, AND 15 NEW SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT. THESE CHANGES WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH COOPERATIVE PLANNING AMONG CITY…

BASED ON THE POSITION THAT RACIAL INTEGRATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ESSENTIAL FOR GOOD EDUCATION, THIS PAMPHLET PRESENTS THE POSITION OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES RELEVANT TO SCHOOL DESEGREGATION--(1) SEGREGATION IN THE NORTH, (2) FEASIBLE MEANS OF DESEGREGATION, (3) EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT AND SPECIAL…

Based on the firm conviction that integrated schools are vital to our efforts to provide quality education for all children, the New York City Board of Education has continued to assume a leadership role in developing and supporting programs aimed at reducing minority group isolation. A variety of techniques has been employed: selection of sites…

VARIOUS DEVICES ARE USED TO SEGREGATE SCHOOLS--GERRYMANDERED DISTRICTS, IMPROPER SITE SELECTION, UNDER- OR OVER-UTILIZATION OF SCHOOLS, TRANSFER POLICIES, AND ASSIGNMENT OF CLASSES OR GRADES TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL. BUT IN AREAS WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF MINORITY GROUP CONCENTRATION AND HIGH BIRTH RATE, DESEGREGATION CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE. AN…

This booklet presents a list of schools in New York City with bilingual programs funded by Titles I, III, and VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information provided includes the name of the school, the community school district in which it is located, the school address, the title of the program, the project coordinator, and the…

A survey of second-year medical students at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn was conducted to obtain their views of the surrounding community, which has been transformed from a middle class to a poverty neighborhood. The respondents expressed concern about crime, pollution, and crowding. (Author/JMD)

IN REVIEWING THE PROGRESS REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMISSION ON SCHOOL INTEGRATION, THE HARLEM PARENTS COMMITTEE, WHICH FEELS THAT A RACIALLY INTEGRATED SCHOOL IS NECESSARY FOR QUALITY EDUCATION, FINDS THAT THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT ADEQUATELY. THE BOARD'S PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP QUALITY EDUCATION ARE STILL…