FREEWAY SEGREGATION, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND THEURBAN POOR

• Main Authors: Pat Williams-Boyd, Mary Margaret Sweeten
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Social Sciences Research Society 2011-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies
• Online Access: http://www.sobiad.org/ejournals/journal_IJSS/arhieves/2011_1/pat_williams_boyd.pdf

Although the charge to educate all United States students equitably is decadesold, the reality of good schools particularly in high poverty urban settings issporadic and random, born of acts of individual honor rather than norms ofconsistent excellence. High poverty urban schoolspresent a contextual layeringof challenges that coupled with the changes in economics, politics anddemographics suggest that alone, schools cannot meet the needs presented by themost vulnerable students and families. However, collaboratively integrating thework of health and human service agencies, businesses and faith-basedorganizations, the nonacademic barriers to learningstudents experience can beremoved. Using an ecological framework, this paperwill examine aspects of twonational community school models being used in conjunction with Detroit PublicSchools, an urban center which has been characterized as rife with racialdivision, distrust and deeply-held animosity.