Title Public housing and school choice in a gentrified city : youth experiences of uneven opportunity / Molly Vollman Makris.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	LC205.5.N45 M35 2015	Available	---

Edition	First edition.
Description	xvi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series	Palgrave Studies in Urban Education
	Palgrave studies in urban education.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
Contents	A city divided? -- From the "armpit of Hudson County" to the "gold coast": Hoboken, NJ -- Uneven opportunities: Luis and Olivia -- School choice and segregation in a mile squared -- "The golden ticket" : gentrification, charter schools, and a parallel school system -- "The best place to get a mocha" : issues of access for youth in public housing in a gentrified community -- Separate, different, but not isolated : how youth in public housing relate to their gentrified community -- Prolonged gentrification : universal preschool, school choice, and real estate development -- "I love diversity" : implications and promise -- Epilogue : living with contradictions.
Subject	Educational sociology -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
	Educational sociology.
	New Jersey -- Hoboken.
	School choice -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
	School choice.
	Public housing -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
	Public housing.
	Low-income students -- New Jersey -- Hoboken -- Social conditions.
	Low-income students.
	Social conditions.
	Gentrification -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
	Gentrification.
ISBN	1137429151 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
	9781137429155 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)