Over the last 40 years, many cities across the United States have shifted from neighborhood zone-based public school assignment to controlled choice that helps balance school composition and create broader access to quality schools. How has this change in school-assignment policies impacted neighborhoods and communities? The session uses case studies of four major school districts—Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, and Jefferson County, Ky.—to illustrate differing approaches to school-assignment policies.
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Michael Petrilli
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
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Bio: Executive Vice President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Key Publications: Diverse School Dilemma
Jennifer B. Stillman
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Bio: Jennifer Burns Stillman is currently a research analyst for the New York City Department of Education’s Office of Innovation, and the author of Gentrification and Schools. She spent six years teaching government and politics to high school students in Brooklyn, the Bronx , and Fairfax County, Virginia, and six years working for U.S.Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) before earning her doctorate in Politics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Jennifer presently resides in Harlem, where she lives with her husband and two children.
Education: Ph.D., Politics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Secondary Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction, George Mason University; B.A., Government, The College of William and Mary
Key Publications: Gentrification and Schools: The Process of Integration When Whites Reverse Flight (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
Adam F. Lubinsky, AICP
Managing Principal
WXY Architecture + Urb Des.
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Bio: Adam joined WXY architecture + planning as a Managing Principal in September 2011. He has a background in urban design and planning with several years’ experience leading large-scale multidisciplinary strategies and master plans. Previous to joining WXY, Adam worked in London for eight years, including role as URS Corporation’s UK Deputy Head of Economics and Development Planning and Director at Urban Practitioners (now Allies and Morrison: Urban Practitioners).
Education: Ph.D. in Planning and Urban Design, University College London (2009) M.Arch, Columbia University (2001) B.A., Brown University (1994)
Key Publications: - “East Side Story” in The Architects’ Newspaper, August 2012 - The East River Blueway Plan; NYS Division of Coastal Resources, Manhattan Borough President's Office; February 2013 - "School Choice: The Good, The Bad, and the Untested" (The Daily Good, Dec. 22, 2012) - “The East River Blueway Plan” in Urban Omnibus, May 2012 - Adapting the Landscape from Liverpool to Manchester 2010 (North West Development Agency, Regional Plan green infrastructure evidence base) - London Borough of Waltham Forest Climate Change Strategy 2010 (Core Strategy Evidence Base)
Other Publications: - EV-Ready Codes for the Built Environment, 2012, US Department of Energy / Transportation and Climate Initiative - Creating EV-Ready Towns and Cities: A Guide to Planning and Policy Tools, 2012, US Department of Energy / Transportation and Climate Initiative - Siting and Design Guidelines for EV Charging Infrastructure, 2012, US Department of Energy / Transportation and Climate Initiative - A Regional Assessment of EV Ownership and EV Charging Infrastructure, 2012, US Department of Energy / Transportation and Climate Initiative - A Cluster Analysis of EV Charging Infrastructure Deployment, 2012, US Department of Energy / Transportation and Climate Initiative - Anglesey Energy Island Framework 2010, Welsh Assembly Government and Anglesey County Council (Core Strategy, Anglesey County Council) - Challenges to Achieving Low Carbon Objectives and Implementing Decentralized Energy in Central London, Central London Forward (2010) - City of London Decentralized Energy and Pipes Study 2010, City of London Corporation and London Development Agency - Manual for Sustainable Cities (2009), UK Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) (project team member)
Past Assignments: - The Sixth Borough: Visions for New York City’s Waterfront Lecture at the Columbia University Summer Lunch Lecture Series, July 2012 - New Partners for Community Revitalization 6th Annual Brownfield Summit Panel, June 2012 - School Design Panel at the Council of Educational Facility Planners International Northeast Regional Conference, March 2012 - Developing and Funding Decentralised Energy Networks Presentation at the Royal Town Planning Institute Annual Convention, June 2010 - A New Approach to Master Planning at New London Architecture Centre, May 2010 - Guidance on Strategic Infrastructure Plans at Government Office of the South East, March 2010 - An Approach Strategic Infrastructure Planning at the Royal Town Planning Institute Annual Convention, June 2009 - The School That Built a Town at the “Density Inside Out” conference (University of Edinburgh) June 2007 - Neighborhood Design and Public Health, UK Commission for Architecture Conference Panelist, May 2006 - Neighborhood Design, Guest Lecture, Bartlett Masters in Urban Design, October 2006
George M. Janes, AICP
Principal
George M. Janes & Associates
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Bio: George M. Janes is the Principal of George M. Janes & Associates, a planning firm that specializes in the application of information technologies to today's planning issues. Mr. Janes was on the development team for what became the decision-support system CommunityViz and he has developed and implemented dozens of quantitative models using CommunityViz or other systems. Previously, Mr. Janes was Executive Director of the Environmental Simulation Center, a not-for-profit that focused on 3D visual simulation and regulation in the built environment.
Education: MUP Wayne State University, Detroit MI BA University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Key Publications: Communities in Control: Developing Local Models Using CommunityViz. In Planning and Support Systems for Cities and Regions. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009
Other Publications: Multiscale Daylight Modeling for Urban Environments. In Solar Energy at Urban Scale. John Wiley & Sons 2012
Past Assignments: Using State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) for Planning, APA Upstate NY Chapter 2011 Visual Simulation Techniques for Planning and Design, to several NY State planning boards 2008-20012 Planning Technology: What do we want? What do we have? What's coming? APA NY Metro Chapter, 2007 Visualization, Simulation and Real Estate Law, Lorman Education Services: Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Law, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Modernizing Democracy Computer-Aided Citizen Participation in Planning, Community Planning Collaborative, 2005
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