Research has demonstrated that families are consistently willing to pay more for homes situated in catchments with better quality schools. However, few have considered whether other school characteristics are capable of capitalizing home values in this way. Using data from the city of Chicago, we investigate whether traditional magnet schools may…

This paper examines thirty major American cities to determine how "choice-friendly" they are today. Selected for their size and geographic diversity, the cities reveal both the best and worst conditions for school choice to take root and grow. "School choice" is defined broadly to incorporate a wide range of public and private…

IN PART I, GUIDELINES FOR FULLER INTEGRATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN. THE PURPOSES OF DESEGREGATION AND IMPROVED QUALITY EDUCATION ARE INDEPENDENT AND SHOULD BE PURSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY. EACH SCHOOL SHOULD ENROLL PUPILS FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS BY ELIMINATING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF THREE SCHOOLS…

This address focuses on the topic of open admissions and its implications for policies and procedures. A discussion, defining terms like excellence, equality, and open admissions, initiates a brief examination of issues such as institution-based and individual-based barriers to posesecondary schooling, the organization of college admissions--its…

AN EVALUATION OF PAST AND PRESENT PROGRAMS FOR ETHNIC DESEGREGATION, ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER STEPS TO THAT END ARE PRESENTED. IN 1954, STEPS WERE TAKEN TO ANALYZE THE RACIAL MIXTURE OF THE SCHOOLS, BY 1958 A COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ZONING, SITE SELECTION AND CONSTRUCTION, AND PUPIL REDISTRIBUTION TO IMPROVE…

THIS REPORT OF THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION (OE), PREPARED IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS BY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, COMMUNITY GROUPS ABOUT EDUCATIONAL DISCRIMINATION, DISCUSSES SOME SERIOUS CONDITIONS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH MAY BE VIOLATIONS OF TITLE VI OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, AND WHICH OE ORDERS THE CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION TO RECTIFY. THE…