Charterization, Gentrification, and the Geography of Opening and Closing Schools in Washington, DC
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| Title: | Charterization, Gentrification, and the Geography of Opening and Closing Schools in Washington, DC |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ryan M. Good (ORCID |
| Source: | Education and Urban Society. 2025 57(1):40-62. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 23 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Public Schools, Accountability, Disadvantaged, Social Class, Land Acquisition, Change, Middle Class, Urban Renewal, Charter Schools, School Closing, School Attitudes, School Expansion, Enrollment Trends, Educational History, Neighborhood Improvement, Geography, School Location, Elementary Secondary Education |
| Geographic Terms: | District of Columbia |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00131245241265098 |
| ISSN: | 0013-1245 1552-3535 |
| Abstract: | In the late-2000s, Washington, DC achieved national notoriety for its embrace of market accountability in public schools and support for a steadily expanding charter sector. At the same time, the DC government pursued a concerted effort to attract new residents and investment to the city, a project that bore fruit in the form of some of the highest levels of gentrification in the country. Most of the research exploring intersections between charterization and gentrification has focused on the school choice decisions of gentrifier parents and school enrollment patterns. This paper illuminates the geography of opening and closing schools in DC--both charter and District-operated--between 1997 and 2017 and describes the intersection of those processes with patterns of gentrification and neighborhood change across the city. A detailed description of how this played out in one gentrifying neighborhood supplements the citywide analysis. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1450135 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In the late-2000s, Washington, DC achieved national notoriety for its embrace of market accountability in public schools and support for a steadily expanding charter sector. At the same time, the DC government pursued a concerted effort to attract new residents and investment to the city, a project that bore fruit in the form of some of the highest levels of gentrification in the country. Most of the research exploring intersections between charterization and gentrification has focused on the school choice decisions of gentrifier parents and school enrollment patterns. This paper illuminates the geography of opening and closing schools in DC--both charter and District-operated--between 1997 and 2017 and describes the intersection of those processes with patterns of gentrification and neighborhood change across the city. A detailed description of how this played out in one gentrifying neighborhood supplements the citywide analysis. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-1245 1552-3535 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00131245241265098 |
