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The Middle Class, Urban Schools And Choice, Michael Lewyn
The Middle Class, Urban Schools And Choice, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Urban schools tend to be less attractive to middle-class parents than suburban schools; as a result, the public school system generates suburban sprawl. This talk discusses both egalitarian and market-oriented means of making cities more attractive to parents.
2016 Market Urbanism Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2016 Market Urbanism Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Available at marketurbanism.com
2016 Planetizen.Com Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
2016 Planetizen.Com Blog Posts, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Blog posts on urban and suburban issues. Originals at planetizen.com
The Middle Class, Urban Schools, And Choice, Michael Lewyn
The Middle Class, Urban Schools, And Choice, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
It is common knowledge that middle- and upper-class parents tend to disfavor urban public schools, and often move to suburbs in order to avoid having to send their children to those schools. Thus, the condition of urban public schools contributes to suburban sprawl- that is, the movement of people and jobs from city to suburb.
This article discusses a variety of possible solutions to the unpopularity of urban schools among middle-class parents. Part I of the Article suggests that this problem is a cause as well as a result of middle-class flight: that is, urban schools have poor reputations …
How To Make Suburbia Less Sprawling, Michael Lewyn
How To Make Suburbia Less Sprawling, Michael Lewyn
Michael E Lewyn
Review of Retrofitting Sprawl, edited by Emily Talen.