Geography of Opportunity”
Poverty, Place, and Educational Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9733559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William F Tate (0009-0008-2222-5039, Ministry of Economy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 397-411 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0013189x08326409 |
| OpenAlex | W2086179770 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 116 |
| References cited | 45 |
This article is an expanded version of the 2008 American Educational Research Association’s Presidential Address. The purpose of the article is to describe the geography of opportunity in two metropolitan regions of the United States that are engaged in significant efforts to transform their local political economies. Both metropolitan regions have invested substantive resources into the development of an area of industrial science—one in telecommunications, one in biotechnology. A central underlying question in this article is, How does geography influence opportunity? The article’s two case studies investigate this question, using different methodological approaches. The article concludes with two important lessons learned from the research
Critical geography · Development geography · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Five themes of geography · Geography · Historical geography · Human geography · Metropolitan area · Political geography · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Presidential address · Presidential system · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Strategic geography · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance
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Beyond Static Markers in Disproportionality Research
Spatial othering
Visualizing inequity
Spatial characteristics of physical education teacher allocation in basic education
Support and Perceptions of Teachers Working with Students with Special Needs during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Reconsidering Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps
Geography of Computing Graduate Degree Opportunities
Standardized Testing for Diverse Talent Identification
Public Transit and Urban Community College Access
Variation in Broadband Access Among Undergraduate Populations Across the United States
Post-purchase Federal Financial Aid
Education policy is spatial policy
School deserts
How and Why Context Matters in the Study of Racial Disproportionality in Special Education
“Misinformation is Layered, Multifaceted … and Attached to Access and Power”
Reform for “These” Kids
Digital Redlining
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A Spatial Analysis on Charter School Access in the New York Metropolitan Area
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Place Matters
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Geospatial Analysis
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Drawn Into Policy
Beyond a seat at the table
From the Root to the SUM
Freedom of Movement
A Black Male Teacher's Culturally Responsive Practices
Where Place Meets Policy
Beyond a Test Score
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(Un)critical geographies of race
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Opening Commentary
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Show Me
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St. Louis at the Crossroads of Race, Empire, and Place in Urban Education Reform in the United States
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Selective Enrollment, Race, and Shifting the Geography of Educational Opportunity
Differentiated grassroots
The Social Geography of Choice
School Context, Precollege Educational Opportunities, and College Degree Attainment Among High-Achieving Black Males
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Understanding the Black Teacher Through Metaphor
Places of Inequality, Places of Possibility
Multicultural Children’s Literature as a Context for Teaching Mathematics for Cultural Relevance in Urban Schools
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Local Liaisons
Scripted and Narrowed Curriculum Reform in Urban Schools
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Scripted and Narrowed Curriculum Reform in Urban Schools
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When Context Has Content
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A calculating people
Stepping over the Color Line
When Work Disappears
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Health and Urban Living
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The Truly Disadvantaged
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Housing Segregation, Negro Employment, and Metropolitan Decentralization
The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900
Smoke signs
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Urban Regimes and the Capacity to Govern
Schooling Closer to Home
Corridors of Flight, Zones of Renewal
Industrial Clusters
Vulnerability to Violence
More than the Facts
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Fourth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research—Lessons Learned and Opportunities Ignored Since Brown v. Board of Education
Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture—The Centrality of Culture to the Scientific Study of Learning and Development
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When Work Disappears
| Unique citing works | 116 |
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| Citations per year | 6,82 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 116 |