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Tensions Between School Choice and Neighborhood Schools in the Changing City

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Second Floor, Madison

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session will tackle tensions between the desire for school choice and the competing desire for neighborhood schools and how both models effect school integration in American cities. Advantaged parents are increasingly opting into raising families in diverse cities and yet they are faced with school choices that do not reflect balanced diversity. With gentrification, neighborhoods are increasingly integrated creating an environment conducive to more socioeconomically and racially diverse neighborhood schools. The papers on this panel analyze the processes through which urban school inequality and segregation are maintained or interrupted and they explore distinct aspects of school and neighborhood choice. This panel examines the influence of these factors on a cross-section of populations and offers potential solutions.

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