Public housing and school choice in a gentrified city
Subtitle: youth experiences of uneven opportunity
By: Molly Vollman Makris
Edition: First edition.
Series: Palgrave studies in urban education
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781137429155
Subjects: Educational sociology; School choice; Public housing; Low-income students; Social conditions; Gentrification
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: A city divided?; title: From the "armpit of Hudson County" to the "gold coast": Hoboken, NJ; title: Uneven opportunities:  Luis and Olivia; title: School choice and segregation in a mile squared; title: "The golden ticket" : gentrification, charter schools, and a parallel school system; title: "The best place to get a mocha" : issues of access for youth in public housing in a gentrified community; title: Separate, different, but not isolated : how youth in public housing relate to their gentrified community; title: Prolonged gentrification : universal preschool, school choice, and real estate development; title: "I love diversity" : implications and promise; title: Epilogue : living with contradictions.