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Education applications and potential use for liability and remedy Slide 2 2 Since the racialized nature of opportunity isolation is a spatial phenomena, maps are naturally an effective way to represent it Maps allow us to understand volumes of data at a glance through layering Mapping is a very powerful tool in looking at educational inequity & opportunity Slide 3 3 School Composition layered over census tract data in Montclair, NJ Maps illustrate how residential segregation can manifests in schools Slide 4 4 Magnet school policy counteracts effects of neighborhood segregation Slide 5 5 Educational outcomes are a product of many inputs. Using social science research, we can identify factors that correlate with educational performance. Mapping looks at multiple factors which correlate with educational outcomes and social benefits, in a given neighborhood. Slide 6 Direct Education Indicators School poverty rate Average teaching experience Percent reading proficiency - 11th grade Percent writing proficiency - 11th grade Percent math proficiency - 11th grade Graduation rate 2004-2005 Percent of teachers with Bachelor's degree Percent of teachers with Master's degree Total hardware/software (computer expenditure) Access to libraries Percent associates degree or higher Other Neighborhood Indicators Percent poverty Percent unemployed Access to prenatal care Total crime indicator Percent of houses owner-occupied Percent of houses vacant Housing median value Child poverty rate Median household income Slide 7 SOUTHWEST OHIOSOUTHWEST CENTRAL OHIO Slide 8 8 Mapping the geographic distribution of opportunity helps us to evaluate where these opportunity mismatches exist in a community and to design interventions to move people to opportunity Student assignment policies can be created using these indicators, drawing attendance Zones, boundaries, or through controlled choice plans. Slide 9 DistrictIndicatorsStepsNotes Jefferson County/Louisville, KY 1)Median HH Income 2)Racial Composition of Neighborhood 3)Ed. Attain of Parents 1) Parental Choice within Resides Zone Two-Zone model Berkeley, CAL 1)Average Nbhd Income 2)Ed. Attain of Adults in Nbhd 3)Racial Composition of Nbhd 1)Sibling 2)Parental Choice within Zone assignment Controlled Choice, 3 Attendance Zones; Upheld by Cal. Ct. of Appeals Montclair, NJ 1)Median HH income 2)HH Poverty Rates 3)# of F/R Lunch Stds 4)Ed. Attain of Adults in Nbhd 5)Racial Composition of Nbhd 1)Special needs 2)ESL 3)Siblings 4)Parental Choice within Zone Assignment Magnets Plan, Freedom-of-Choice, 3-Zones, K students only Chicago, IL 1)Median family income 2)Adult Ed. Attainment 3)% of Single-Parent HH 4)% of Owner-Occupied Homes 5)% Of ESL students 1)Siblings 2) of remaining seats proximity lottery 3)Remaining Seats by SES census block zone 4 Census Block Zones Slide 10 Source: Civil Rights Project at UCLA Slide 11 Slide 12 GOAL: Each school has diversity of students from each zone, within 5% point deviation of K class zone baseline. K and transfer students are assigned based on parental preference and zone balance. Slide 13 13 Slide 14 14 Slide 15