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Investigating the Potential of Regional Interdistrict Collaboration to Address Inequality and Isolation in Education

Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, East Room 19&20

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

Although U.S. schools are more racially diverse than ever before, they are also growing increasingly segregated (Orfield, 2009), with increasing levels of “between-district” segregation (Clotfelter, 2004). In such contexts, cooperative agreements between school districts, involving inter-district desegregation plans and resource-sharing, are one of the few remaining policy tools available to reduce racial and economic isolation. The papers in this symposium draw upon a cross-university study examining the dynamics of three of these agreements in Minneapolis, Rochester, and Omaha. The goal of this session is to examine the potential for various models and degrees of regional collaboration to reduce isolation and promote equity.

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