«Neighborhood and school poverty are big drivers of low - income kids» poor educational outcomes, so
rising income segregation perpetuates inequality and may reduce poor kids» mobility.»
Not exact matches
«Instead of the old high
rise, concentrated projects that tend to put minorities in poor communities and increase
segregation, we should have... smaller scaled scatter sites [with] mixed
income so middle class people see this as a good option.»
I'm talking about high quality housing that's mixed
income - which will help reduce
segregation - that's humanly scaled on scattered sites, not concentrated in high -
rises, is built in the suburbs as well as the cities, in all neighborhoods in the cities, and is green.»
Income segregation between neighborhoods rose 20 percent from 1990 to 2010, and income segregation between neighborhoods was nearly twice as high among households that have children compared to those wi
Income segregation between neighborhoods
rose 20 percent from 1990 to 2010, and
income segregation between neighborhoods was nearly twice as high among households that have children compared to those wi
income segregation between neighborhoods was nearly twice as high among households that have children compared to those without.
Consider just one countervailing factor: the significant
rise in
segregation by
income between neighborhoods over the past four decades.
In fact, the Smithfield report finds that, although
income segregation rose from 1991 to 1993, it was still lower than in 1990, the final year of zoning.
The growth of housing
segregation is also inherently tied to a nationwide
rise in
income inequality.
Rising residential
segregation by
income has led to increasing concentrations of low - and high -
income children attending separate schools.
Inequalities of wealth and
income have
risen steadily for three decades, racial
segregation continues, class
segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and
rising concentrations of poverty.