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Title: From Looşe Couplınğ to Warm Embrace: Declınınğ Enrollment and the Future of Urban Schoolş
Language: English
Authors: Alvın Makorı (ORCID 0000-0002-6384-3860), Pedro Noğuera
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.
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Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1499123
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