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Gentrification in motion: How Detroit’s transformation shapes middle-class parents’ school choices

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By Alisha Butler, Danica Brown, Michelle Taylor
| Taylor & Francis Online
ABSTRACT Detroit is experiencing a new wave of urban development and economic growth, reflecting global patterns of gentrification. Although the city’s restructuring mirrors that of similar post-industrial cities, Detroit’s local conditions offer an opportunity to examine how gentrification unfolds and how this process influences middle-class parents’ schooling decisions in a more nascent stage of gentrification.
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Walking the Line Between Saviorism and Social Activism: A Positionality Perspective on Gentrifier Parents’ Navigating School Choice

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By Allison Roda, Alisha Butler, Molly Vollman Makris
| SAGE Publishing
Get full access to this article View all access and purchase options for this article. References Aalbers M. (2019). Introduction to The Forum: From third to fifth-wave gentrification. Journal of Economic and Human Geography, 110(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12332 Brown-Saracino J. (2009). A neighborhood that never changes: Gentrification, social preservation, and the search for authenticity. University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226076645 Brummet Q., Reed D. (2019).
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“It’s a Chance, Not a Choice”: Black Families, School Choice, and Gentrification in Washington, D.C.

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By Alisha Butler, Bradley Quarles
| SAGE Publishing
Skip to main content Intended for healthcare professionals Get full access to this article View all access and purchase options for this article. References Agnew J. (1987). Place and politics: The geographical mediation of state and society. Allen & Unwin. Anderson N. S. (2012). Hood politics: Charter schools, race and gentrification in Fort Greene. In DeSena J. N., Shortell T. (Eds.), World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, immigration, and ethnic politics in a global city (pp. 363–378). Lexington Books.
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