Not exact matches
Such measures may
include strategic site selection of new
schools; drawing
attendance zones with general recognition of neighborhood demographics; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting students and faculty in a targeted fashion; and tracking enrollments, performance, and other statistics by race.
They
include investing in early childhood and universal pre-K programs, as well as creating
attendance zones and strong
schools to promote a diverse learning environment.
Moreover, the report
included case studies of three
school districts, located in separate areas of the country, each using different strategies to voluntarily increase racial and socioeconomic diversity, such as utilizing magnet
schools, new student
attendance zones, and
school choice policies.
The first peer - reviewed research released on co-location, the study looked at nearly 900,000 students in grades 3 - 5 who attended a traditional public
school in an
attendance zone that
included a charter
school serving at least one of those grades between 1996 and 2010.
«This not only
includes the nearly two - thirds of
school - aged children who have access to public
schools outside their
attendance zone.
Other possible reasons why public
school segregation increased as neighborhoods became more integrated
include gerrymandering of public
school attendance zones by race or class and other decisions made by local public
school boards.
Its data products
include area data (neighborhood, metro and residential boundaries along with
school attendance zones), point of interest data (restaurants, banks, shopping and more), and community data (crime, population, education, weather and commuter times).
Since it launched last September, the app has gained new features,
including the ability to draw custom search areas, access local
school information, run searches based on
school attendance zones, and customize the cover page photo of property and seller's reports.