Thus
the redrawing of school attendance boundaries as contiguous neighborhood zones led to a marked increase in segregation in CMS schools (Mickelson 2005, Godwin et al. 2007, Jackson 2009).
It also follows a natural experiment we examined in which students affected by
the redrawing of school attendance zone boundaries were essentially randomly assigned to schools that went on more or fewer field trips to see live performances at the Walton Arts Center.
Not exact matches
Districts should shift away from the traditional notion
of a neighborhood
school and
redraw attendance zone boundaries so that they transcend neighborhood lines.
The declining enrollment and several successive years
of budget deficits has necessitated
school closings and a wholesale
redrawing of attendance boundaries as MPS seeks to focus its resources.
Some charter
schools pursuing socioeconomic integration have shown how systems
of school choice can be used to foster diversity as an alternative to
redrawing attendance zones.