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Can School Policy Become Housing Policy?: Walking Across the City-Suburban Line in Memphis
by Genevieve Siegel-Hawley — October 17, 2011The Memphis area has recently taken steps to bridge the traditionally divisive impact of district boundary lines through a city-suburban school system merger. What still remains to be seen, however, is whether the newly enlarged school system will craft policies that take advantage of the absence of the city/suburban district line. If school officials do so, they will be recognizing a critical but often overlooked principle: when thinking about student assignment across a broadly-conceived community, school policy can, in some ways, become housing policy. This commentary examines the relationship between school and residential segregation, using the example of Memphis to explore several avenues for fostering a more cohesive consideration of school and housing policy.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Genevieve Siegel-Hawley
Virginia Commonwealth University
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GENEVIEVE SIEGEL-HAWLEY is an assistant professor in the Department of Education Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Education. Her research interests focus on examining the impact of segregation and resegregation in American schools, along with exploring viable policy options for a truly integrated society.
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