When opting out is not a choice: Implications for nclb's transfer option from charlotte, north carolina

Equity and Excellence in Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-263

  Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin ^a   Southworth, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014738222     PISSN: 10665684     EISSN: 15473457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10665680591002632     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. Alexander, K. L. (2001). The clouded crystal ball: Trends in educational stratification. Sociology of Education, 74(Extra issue), 169-177.
2. Ali, R. (2004, August). Keynote remarks to Sociology of education section, No Child Left Behind Conference. Meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.
3. Anyon, J. (1997). Ghetto schooling: A political economy of urban educational reform. New York: Teachers College Press.
4. Apple, M. W. (2001). Educating the "right'' way. Markets, standards, God, and inequality. New York: Routledge.
5. Archibald, G. (2005, February 23.). Utah set to reject No Child Left Behind. The Washington Times. Retrieved March 31, 2005, from http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.pjp?StoryID=20050222-111910-7518r.
6. Belk et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. (1999). 233 F. 3d 232 (W.D.N.C.).
7. Belk et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. (2002). 535 U.S. 986, 122 S.Ct. 1538, 152 L.Ed.2d 465.
8. Bracey, G. W. (2004). The 14th Bracey report on the condition of public education. Phi Delta Kappan, 86(2), 149-167.
9. Brown v. Board of Education. (1954). 347 U.S. 483, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873.
10. Capacchione et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (1999). 57 F. Supp.2d 228 (W.D.N.C.).
11. Capacchione et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2002). 535 U.S. 986, 122 S.Ct. 1538, 152 L.Ed.2d 465.
12. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (1970-1999). Monthly reports. Charlotte, NC: Author.
13. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (1992, March 31). Minutes of the school board meeting. Charlotte, NC: Author.
14. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (1996-2002b). Class counts. Charlotte, NC: Author.
15. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2001a, April 3). Board Resolution 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2002, from http://www. cms.k12.nc.us/studentassignment/boardresolution 2001.asp
16. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2001b, July 31). Board resolution 2002-2003. Retrieved May 31, 2002, from http: //www. cms. k12. nc.us/studentassignment/boardresolution02-03.asp
17. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2002a-2004a). Monthly membership reports. Charlotte, NC: Author.
18. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2002b). Teacher statistics as of May 22, 2002. Charlotte, NC: Author.
19. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2004, October). 2004-2005 student assignment application guide. Charlotte, NC: Author.
20. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (2005). CMS fast facts. Charlotte, NC: Author.
21. Chubb, J. E., & Moe, T. M. (1990). Politics, markets, and American schools.Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
22. CMS elementary schools by race and SES concentration, 2003-2004 Choices. (2003, March 6). Educate! Retrieved March 6, 2003, from http://www.educateclt. org/archive pdf/2003/Educate!%20030306.pdf
23. Coleman, J., Campbell, E., Hobson, C., McPartland, J., Moody, A., Weinfeld, F., & York, R. (1966). Equality of educational opportunity. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
24. Cross, C. T. (2004). Political education: National policy comes of age. New York: Teachers College Press.
25. Darling-Hammond, L. (2000). Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 8(1), 1-50.
26. Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX. Pub. L. No. 92-318, 86 Stat. 373, 20 U.S.C. §§1681-1688.
27. Education for All Handicapped Children's Act. (1975). Pub. L. No. 94-142, 89 Stat. 773, 20 U.S.C. §§1401 et seq.
28. Ehrenreich, B. (1989). Fear of falling: The inner life of the middle class. New York: Pantheon.
29. Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (1965). Pub. L. No. 89-10, 79 Stat. 27, 20 U.S.C. §§6301 et seq.
30. Executive Order No. 11246. (1965). 30 Fed. Reg. 12319.
31. Fiske, E., & Ladd, H. (2000).When schools compete. Washington, DC: Brookings.
32. Gardner, D. (1999). Expert report to the court in Capacchione et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Western District of North Carolina.
33. Glod, M. (2004, November 10). High achievers leaving schools behind. Washington Post, A01.
34. Godwin, R. K., & Kemerer, F. (2002). School choice tradeoffs. Liberty, equity, and diversity. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
35. Griffin, A. (2001). Personnal Communication.
36. Helms, A. D. (2002, March 20). Blacks less likely to get choice of schools. Charlotte Observer, 1A.
37. Helms, A. D. (2003a, January 5). Parents' choice may clinch schools' fate. Charlotte Observer, 4A.
38. Helms, A. D. (2003b, January 28). Parents in dark on "out'' choice. Charlotte Observer, 1B.
39. Helms, A. D. (2003c, March 24). In-demand schools shut choice door. Charlotte Observer, 1A.
40. Helms, A. D. (2004a, January 29). Becoats resigns from CMS. Charlotte Observer, 1B.
41. Helms, A. D. (2004b, July 21). What's working and what's not. Charlotte Observer, 4M-7M.
42. Helms, A. D. (2004c, August 24). Only 658 of 8,200 take CMS transfer. Charlotte Observer, 3B.
43. Henig, J. R. (1994). Rethinking school choice. Limits of the market metaphor. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
44. High, R. (2004). Considering the SES composition of schools in student assignment planning. Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Center for Civil Rights.
45. Higher Education Act. (1965). Pub. L. No. 89-329, 79 Stat. 1219.
46. Holme, J. J. (2002). Buying homes, buying schools: School choice and the social construction of school quality. Harvard Educational Review, 72(2), 177-201.
47. Hubbard, L., & Mickelson, R. A. (2004). How racism ruins reform. Unpublished manuscript. University of San Diego.
48. Ingersoll, R. (1999). The problem of under qualified teachers in American secondary schools. Educational Researcher, 28(3), 26-37.
49. Individuals with Disabilities Act. (1990). Pub. L. No. 101-476, 104 Stat. 1103, 20 U.S.C. §§1400 et seq.
50. Kahlenberg, R. (2001, February 21). An unambitious legacy. Education Week, p. 48.
51. Lareau, A. (2003). Unequal childhoods. Class, race, and family life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
52. Leandro v. State. (2005). 346 N.C. 336.
53. Lee, V. E., & Burkam, D. T. (2002). Inequality at the starting gate: Social background and achievement at kindergarten entry. Washington, DC: Educational Policy Institute.
54. McEwan, P., & Carnoy, M. (2000). The effectiveness and efficiency of private schools in Chile's voucher system. Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 22(3), 213-240.
55. Mickelson, R. A. (1999). International business machinations. A case study of corporate involvement in local educational reform. Teachers College Record, 100(3), 476-512
56. Mickelson, R. A. (2001). Subverting Swann: First-and secondgeneration segregation in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. American Educational Research Journal, 38(2), 215-252.
57. Mickelson, R. A. (2003). The academic consequences of desegregation and segregation: Evidence from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. 81 North Carolina Law Review 120.
58. Mickelson, R. A., & Ray, C. A. (1994). Fear of falling from grace: The middle class, downward mobility, and school desegregation. Research in Sociology of Education and Socialization, 10, 207-238.
59. National Commission on Excellence in Education (1983). A nation at risk. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
60. Natriello, G. (1999, September 28). Consultant remarks to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board.
61. Natriello, G., McDill, E. L., & Pallas, A. M. (1990). Schooling disadvantaged children: Racing against catastrophe. New York: Teachers College Press.
62. Nicholson, T. (2003). Magnet school choice in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Unpublished Master thesis. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
63. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. (2002). Pub. L. No. 107-110, 115 Stat.1425, 20 U.S.C. §§6301 et seq.
64. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. (2004). Results of the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 EOG and EOC tests. Retrieved January 25, 2005 from, http://disag. ncpublicschols.org/
65. Peterson, P. E., & Hassel, B. C. (1998). Learning from school choice. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
66. Pinzur, M. (2003, August 8). State schools fail to meet new federal test standards: Federal, state results differ. Miami Herald, (1A).
67. Powers, J. M., & Cookson, P.W., Jr. (1999). The politics of choice research: Fact, fiction, and statistics. Educational Policy, 13, 104-122.
68. Ray, C. A., & Mickelson, R. A. (1990). Corporate leaders, resistant youth, and school reform in Sunbelt City: The political economy of education" Social Problems, 37(2), 178-190.
69. Rumberger, R., & Palardy, J. (2005). Does resegregation matter? The impact of social composition on academic achievement in southern high schools. In J. C. Boger &G. Orfield (Eds), School resegregation: Must the South turn back? Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, pp 152-169.
70. Sadovnik, A., Dougherty, K., Rosenbaum, J., & Borman, K. (2004, November). Interim report to American Institutes for Research. Sociology of Education Section Policy Conference on No Child Left Behind Act. San Francisco.
71. Servicemen's Readjustment Act. (1944). [GI Bill]. 58 Stat. 284.
72. Smith, C. (2002, October 3).With less state money on way, CMS looks for cuts. Charlotte Observer, 4B.
73. Smith, M. L. (2004). Political spectacle and the fate of American schools. New York: Routledge.
74. Smith, S. S. (2004). Boom for whom? Education, desegregation, and development in Charlotte. Albany: State University of New York Press.
75. Smolowitz, P. (2004, September 10). Last minute transfers leave schools in limbo Charlotte Observer, 7B.
76. Smolowitz, P. (2005, March 11). 71% of students in assignment lottery get 1st choice. Charlotte Observer, 8A.
77. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (1969). 311 F.Supp. 265.
78. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. (1971). 402 U.S. 1, 95 S.Ct. 1267, 28 L.Ed.2d 554.
79. Taylor, W. (2003). Title I as an instrument for achieving desegregation and equal educational opportunity. 81 North Carolina Law Review 1751.
80. White, H. L. (2003, March 20). CMS's uphill funding battle. The Charlotte Post, 1A.