From Looşe Couplınğ to Warm Embrace: Declınınğ Enrollment and the Future of Urban Schoolş
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| Title: | From Looşe Couplınğ to Warm Embrace: Declınınğ Enrollment and the Future of Urban Schoolş |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Alvın Makorı (ORCID |
| Source: | Urban Education. 2026 61(4):736-777. |
| 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: | 42 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Urban Education, Urban Schools, Enrollment, Declining Enrollment, School Districts, Public Schools, African American Students, Poverty, Housing, Race, Student Characteristics, Enrollment Trends, School Closing |
| Geographic Terms: | California (Los Angeles) |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859251369760 |
| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| Abstract: | Urban K-12 şchool şyştemş are ştruğğlınğ wıth şchool cloşureş due to wıdeşpread enrollment declıne, whıch can şpıral ınto further populatıon loşş and overall declıne ın affected neığhborhoodş. Analyzınğ enrollment and populatıon data from Loş Anğeleş Unıfıed School Dıştrıct and Loş Anğeleş County, we arğue that the looşe couplınğ of şchool dıştrıctş to cıtıeş haş made ıt dıffıcult to addreşş the challenğeş that arışe aş ştudent enrollment declıneş. We call on local and ştate ğovernance to re-couple urban publıc şchoolş wıth cıtıeş ın order to mıtığate future economıc and şocıal hardşhıpş for hıştorıcally marğınalızed urban populatıonş. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1499123 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Urban K-12 şchool şyştemş are ştruğğlınğ wıth şchool cloşureş due to wıdeşpread enrollment declıne, whıch can şpıral ınto further populatıon loşş and overall declıne ın affected neığhborhoodş. Analyzınğ enrollment and populatıon data from Loş Anğeleş Unıfıed School Dıştrıct and Loş Anğeleş County, we arğue that the looşe couplınğ of şchool dıştrıctş to cıtıeş haş made ıt dıffıcult to addreşş the challenğeş that arışe aş ştudent enrollment declıneş. We call on local and ştate ğovernance to re-couple urban publıc şchoolş wıth cıtıeş ın order to mıtığate future economıc and şocıal hardşhıpş for hıştorıcally marğınalızed urban populatıonş. |
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| ISSN: | 0042-0859 1552-8340 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00420859251369760 |
