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).
Not exact matches
We are also going to use
attendance zone
boundaries as an exogenous source of variation to make stronger causal claims about how past
school field trips may have contributed to current behaviors and attitudes.
As it turns out, both of the
school districts in this study had experienced rapid enrollment growth and built several new elementary and middle
schools, forcing
attendance zone
boundaries to be re-drawn.
For example, suppose a district draws
attendance boundaries to integrate
schools and that,
as a result, families decide to move (for any reason) to other neighborhoods within the district.
As the U.S. Department of Education has noted, «charter
schools often draw students from outside their home district's
attendance boundaries.»
It takes a great deal of personal time to become informed regarding such issues
as racial desegregation, charter
schools, curriculum content, testing, graduation standards, geographic placement of a new
school, and the configuration of
attendance boundaries.
It was the first charter
school in Los Angeles to accept all of the students within its
attendance boundaries, just
as public
schools do, rather than restricting enrollment and accepting students through a lottery.
As an in - district charter, the
school will be open to students across Bexar County, with first priority for those within Irving's
attendance boundaries.
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.
As a longer - term solution, Henderson pointed to the new
school boundary plan that will shrink Wilson's
attendance zone.
As referenced in the mailer, in an effort to give every student, irrespective of zip code, the opportunity to attend high - performing
schools, the LAUSD board considered removing
attendance boundaries in 2012.
As charters continue to expand, they will force districts to make more and more tough choices on personnel, closing
schools and redrawing
attendance boundaries, both political poisons.
Eligible students are defined
as those
school - age children living in the
attendance boundary of a low - achieving
school as of the first day of classes and whose household income meets the following criteria:
As of January of this year, Chicagoans had access to 256
schools with no
attendance zones in addition to the 415
schools with
attendance boundaries; 130 of these no - zone
schools were charters (Richards and Perez, 2016).