Fwd: NYU Furman Center Releases Report on Assisted Housing and Education

[FriendsOfMacombs.com]

FYI!

Peace,

K

--
Founder & Director / FriendsOfMacombs.com
Tele:  646-714-3221
EMail:  FOM...@GMail.com
Twitter: @MacombsInHarlem
Web Site:  http://www.FriendsOfMacombs.com
Download & Read: LOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF NORTH HARLEM
http://www.box.net/shared/r6p3dyg8qf
Podcast: http://friendsofmacombs.podomatic.com/
Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/friends-of-macombs-news
*Struggle for New Library & State of the Art Multifunction Facility for the
Youth in "The Valley" North Harlem above West 152nd St.*
===
This transmission is intended only for the use of the individual or entity
named.  It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and
exempt from disclosure under applicable law.  If you are not the intended
recipient of these documents then you should notify the sender immediately
and delete this email.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy <furman...@nyu.edu>
Date: Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Subject: NYU Furman Center Releases Report on Assisted Housing and Education
To: fom...@gmail.com

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here

Dear Friends and Colleagues:   We are pleased to share a new report, "Do Federally Assisted Households Have Access to High Performing Public Schools?," which describes the elementary schools closest to families receiving federal housing assistance nationwide, in each of the 50 states, and in the 100 largest metropolitan areas.    The report finds that children living in three of the four types of assisted housing studied live near schools with lower median test scores than the schools near poor families as a whole. Families in Project-based Section 8 developments live near schools with a median test score ranking at the 28th percentile within their metropolitan area; Housing Choice Voucher families live near schools with a median test score ranking at the 26th percentile; and the median rank of schools closest to Public Housing families is the lowest at the 19th percentile. By comparison, poor families as a whole live near schools with a median test score ranking at the 30th percentile within their metropolitan area. Only LIHTC families have outcomes that are slightly better than other low-income families; the median LIHTC family lives near a school with a test score ranking at the 31st percentile.     You can read the full report here and press release here. Detailed state and metropolitan area data may be found in Appendix A (state-by-state tables),  Appendix B (metropolitan area tables), Appendix C (national distributions of family units by school performance), and  Appendix D (top 100 MSAs - percentile rankings for each housing program).   This Furman Center report aims to inform policymakers and practitioners about the degree to which tenants in federal housing assistance programs are reaching neighborhoods with high-performing schools. Few studies have looked at the quality of the schools accessible to voucher holders or other assisted households. Going forward, we plan to study the actual moves that families with children make after receiving a voucher and to track the academic performance of their children.   We are grateful to the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, the MacArthur Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for support of this research.   We look forward to your feedback.                                            Vicki Been                                           Ingrid Gould Ellen                    Director                                              Co-Director

Forward email This email was sent to fom...@gmail.com by furman...@nyu.edu |   Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy | 139 MacDougal Street, 2nd Floor | New York | NY | 10012