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Author Makris, Molly Vollman.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.43 M235P    Check Shelf
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.
School choice -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
Public housing -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
Low-income students -- New Jersey -- Hoboken -- Social conditions.
Gentrification -- New Jersey -- Hoboken.
ISBN 9781137429155 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper)
1137429151 (hardcover ;) (alk. paper)
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