ERIC Number: EJ733676
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Neighborhood Poverty and Public Policy: A 5-Year Follow-Up of Children's Educational Outcomes in the New York City Moving to Opportunity Demonstration
Leventhal, Tama; Fauth, Rebecca C.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Developmental Psychology, v41 n6 p933-952 Nov 2005
Data from the Moving to Opportunity Program, a randomized mobility experiment in which a subset of low-income minority families living in public housing in high-poverty neighborhoods were given vouchers to move to low-poverty neighborhoods, were used to evaluate 1 policy approach for improving children's educational outcomes. Four hundred twenty-five New York City children were seen 2 1/2 and 5 years following relocation (mean age=14.64 years, SD=3.21 years). Analyses examining program effects on 5-year educational outcomes, accounting for 2 1/2-year outcomes, revealed that program effects on adolescent boys' achievement found at 2 1/2 years were not sustained at 5 years. Rather, male and female youths 14-20 years of age in low-poverty neighborhoods reported lower school grades and engagement relative to youths in high-poverty neighborhoods. From a policy standpoint, the complexity of enhancing low-income minority children's educational outcomes is underscored by the multiple dynamics involved--family, neighborhood, housing, and school.
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Children, Public Policy, Outcomes of Education, Educational Vouchers, Academic Achievement, Public Housing, Educational Research
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