Ferguson, like many at-risk suburbs, has largely been lost in discussions of the geography of
opportunity. The authors conducted a descriptive epidemiological case study of Ferguson …

Framed by theories and methods from critical discourse analysis and social semiotics, this
comparative case study of six Missouri school systems asked: How do school districts …

ABSTRACT In the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case, the US Supreme Court ruled
segregated schools unconstitutional, and the process of school desegregation fell mostly to …

Immigrants to the USA continue to grow more diverse by country of origin, and in location of
settlement. Newcomers often settle in concentrated patterns, and questions remain about …

The perinatal period, the period from when a person becomes pregnant to one year
postpartum, is a critical period for both the infant and the person giving birth. Perinatal …

During the final decades of the twentieth century, US urban education policy experienced a
sea change in its orientation toward equity. Mid-century social liberalism and its programs …

As a White teacher in public education, I have had the great pleasure of educating students
from all over the globe. My career began in a district that served predominantly White …

This research focused on the political-legal influences on the inter-district socioeconomic
integration of school districts in the St. Louis Region. A host of logistical, social, and political …

Abstract St. Louis Public Schools was once a thriving school district, leading the way for
cities west of the Mississippi, but since 1967 the district has been declining in enrollment …

An increase in the property tax rate of a school district creates an increase in local revenues
for the district (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.[MODESE] …