Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City
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Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City

Youth Experiences of Uneven Opportunity

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Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City

Youth Experiences of Uneven Opportunity

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Winner of the 2016 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award 

Molly Makris uses an interdisciplinary approach to urban education policy to examine the formal education and physical environment of young people from low-income backgrounds and demonstrate how gentrification shapes these circumstances.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781349491759
9781137429155
eBook ISBN
9781137412386
Topic
Ciencias sociales
Subtopic
AdministraciĆ³n de la educaciĆ³n
Index
Abbott Universal Preschool, 89ā€“92
Abbott v. Burke, 27, 48ā€“50, 89, 213n4
ABL Sports, 163
access
amenities, 149ā€“50
environmental advantages of gentrification, 150ā€“62
environmental concerns of youths in public housing, 148ā€“9
events, 156ā€“7
grocery shopping, 150ā€“1
implications, 166ā€“8
incentivizing and prioritizing spaces for youth activities, 169ā€“70
maintaining SES diversity through housing policy, 168ā€“9
Mama Johnson Field, 163ā€“6
overview, 147ā€“8
parks, 151ā€“6
problems with, 162ā€“3
restaurants, cafes, stores, and library, 157ā€“60
school integration for integrated networks, 169ā€“70
transportation, 161ā€“2
Adams, Jane, 102
All Saints School, 113, 126ā€“7
Alphabet City neighborhood (East Village), 9
American Dream, 13, 54
Anderson, E., 4, 9ā€“10, 20, 22, 87, 180
Andrew Jackson Gardens, 40
Anyon, J., 7, 17, 19, 21, 29, 102, 185
Applied Housing, 44, 118
Atlanta, Georgia, 3, 5, 13
Barry, Joseph, 28, 30, 33, 44
Bergin, Bill, 32
Big Banner Plaza, 45ā€“6, 168
blighted, 12
Bourdieu, P., 19ā€“20
Boys and Girls Club, 124, 129, 164ā€“6
Bronfenbrenner, U., 148
Bronx, New York, 15, 46, 112
Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, 10
Brown v Board of Education, 70, 94, 105, 133, 138
brownstones, 30ā€“3, 86, 112, 116, 191
Budde, R., 14
Burgess, E. W., 3
buses, 60, 76, 103, 129, 161ā€“2, 195, 214n2
Cake Boss (TV series), 33
capital
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. OneĀ  A City Divided?
  4. TwoĀ  From the ā€œArmpit of Hudson Countyā€ to the ā€œGold Coastā€: Hoboken, New Jersey
  5. ThreeĀ  Uneven Opportunities: Luis and Olivia
  6. FourĀ  School Choice and Segregation in a Mile Squared
  7. FiveĀ  The ā€œGolden Ticketā€: Gentrification, Charter Schools, and a Parallel School System
  8. SixĀ  ā€œThe Best Place to Get a Mochaā€: Issues of Access for Youth in Public Housing in a Gentrified Community
  9. SevenĀ  Separate, Different, but Not Isolated: How Youth in Public Housing Relate to Their Gentrified Community
  10. EightĀ  Prolonged Gentrification: Universal Preschool, School Choice, and Real Estate Development
  11. NineĀ  ā€œI Love Diversityā€: Implications and Promise
  12. EpilogueĀ  Living with Contradictions
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index

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