1. Education applications and potential use for liability and remedy

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

3. 3 ► School Composition layered over census tract data in Montclair, NJ ► Maps illustrate how residential segregation can manifests in schools

4. 4 ► Magnet school policy counteracts effects of neighborhood segregation

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.

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

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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.

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)½ of remaining seats proximity lottery 3)Remaining Seats by SES census block zone 4 Census Block Zones

10. Source: Civil Rights Project at UCLA

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.

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