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Direct linkGulosino, Charisse; Maxwell, Phoebe – Urban Education, 2022
In this article, the Tennessee's Voluntary Prekindergarten (TN-VPK) program in general and the Shelby County Schools' VPK program in particular are analyzed using the policy instruments of regulation, finance, and support services. The geospatial analysis (Geographic Information Systems or "GIS") indicates that many of VPK's site…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Geographic Location, Poverty, At Risk Students
Download full textCampbell, Christine; Binder, Libuse – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2014
The 2013 merger of Memphis City Schools (with 103,000 students) and Shelby County Schools (with 47,000 students) was the largest school district consolidation in American history. In its first year of operation, the new Shelby County Schools (SCS) commissioned CRPE researchers to perform a critical review of the district's readiness to implement a…
Descriptors: School Districts, School District Reorganization, School Choice, Institutional Autonomy
Edwards, Virginia B., Ed. – Education Week, 2014
For all the national and even international debate about the state of American education, public schooling in the U.S. is still a local matter--and the school district remains its hub. As administrators know, there's nothing abstract about the process of getting millions of students into their seats, assuring they receive the instruction they're…
Descriptors: Public Education, School Districts, Governance, Urban Schools
Haynes, Katherine Taylor; Phillips, Kristie J. R.; Goldring, Ellen B. – Education and Urban Society, 2010
Historically, magnet schools have served predominantly Black and Anglo populations. Consequently, little research exists on Latino parent's engagement in school choice and their patterns of participation. Magnet schools are increasingly part of the landscape for improving school achievement for all students. Yet Latino enrollment rates in magnet…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, School Choice, Academic Achievement, Social Networks
