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Where families live shapes their educational opportunities. Deeply entrenched housing segregation means students often attend segregated schools and learn in segregated classrooms.
How can housing and education policies foster integrated schools? Creating more sustainable, integrated schools must start with a foundation of collaboration and understanding between these two sectors.
By using data to better understand local relationships between housing and education, school officials can partner with housing stakeholders to address housing segregation and provide students with a diverse, holistic learning experience.
In this Housing Matters feature, explore barriers, strategies, and the ways housing shapes student enrollment in Charlotte, North Carolina.