School Choice: The Black Middle-class Dilemma

School Choice: The Black Middle-class Dilemma

This case study assesses the elementary school choice decision-making process of black middle-class families living in the Algiers community of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The concept of community has been central to the success of blacks in America since Reconstruction. However, as the...

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Main Author:	Delery, Alan
Format:	Others
Published:	ScholarWorks@UNO 2010
Subjects:	American South Education Reform Community Parenting
Online Access:	http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1128 http://scholarworks.uno.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2109&context=td

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