Cucchiara, Maia Bloomfield

Marketing schools, marketing cities : who wins and who loses when schools become urban amenities / Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2013. - xv, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-275) and index.

Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up - in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. In this title, the author shows how education policy makes overt attempts to prevent, or at least slow, middle-class flight to the suburbs.

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Education, Urban--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Educational equalization--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Public schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
School integration--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

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