ERIC Number: EJ1224312
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 24
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Straddling the Boundaries of the Zone of Tolerance: One District's Response to Rapid Demographic Change
Grooms, Ain A.
Education and Urban Society, v51 n7 p946-969 Sep 2019
Sewall County, located in metropolitan Atlanta, and its public school system experienced significant demographic change between 2000 and 2010. The population doubled, reaching more than 200,000 residents, and its percentage of White residents fell by 25% to just more than 55%. Its public school system is now considered majority-minority. Using the zone of tolerance framework, which argues that there are boundaries within which community members will allow policies to be changed, this study will examine how school and district leaders in Sewall County, Georgia, responded to the racial and socioeconomic changes in their schools and community. Findings indicate that there were no new policies enacted in the district to address rapid demographic shift, and instead, the district, individual schools, and parents engaged in actions that fell within and outside the boundaries of Sewall's zone of tolerance.
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Public Schools, School Districts, Urban Demography, Decision Making, Race, Urban Areas, Urban Population, Community Change, Neighborhood Schools, Population Trends, School Community Relationship, Educational Policy, Elementary Schools, High Schools, Enrollment, White Students, Hispanic American Students, African American Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia (Atlanta)
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