Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project
at Trinity College, Hartford, CT

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Published Research (in chronological order):

Hughes, Devlin. Designing Effective Google Maps for Social Change: A Case Study of SmartChoices. Self-published by author at DevlinHughes.com, September 2009.

Dougherty, Jack, Jeffrey Harrelson, Laura Maloney, Drew Murphy, Russell Smith, Michael Snow, and Diane Zannoni. "School Choice in Suburbia: Test Scores, Race, and Housing Markets." American Journal of Education 115, no. 4 (August 2009): 523-548.

Dougherty, Jack, Jesse Wanzer, and Christina Ramsay. "Sheff v O'Neill: Weak Desegregation Remedies and Strong Discincentives in Connecticut, 1996-2008." In From the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Shifting Landscape of School Desegregation, edited by Claire Smrkear and Ellen Goldring, pp. 103-27. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2009.

Dougherty, Jack. "Conflicting Questions: Why Historians and Policymakers Miscommunicate on Urban Education." In Clio At the Table : Using History to Inform and Improve Education Policy, edited by Kenneth K. Wong and Robert Rothman, pp. 251-62. New York: Peter Lang, 2009.

Dougherty, Jack. "Bridging the Gap between Urban, Suburban, and Educational History," in Rethinking the History of American Education, edited by William J. Reese and John L. Rury, pp. 245-259. New York: Palgrave MacMillan Press, 2007.

Dougherty, Jack, Jesse Wanzer, and Christina Ramsay. "Missing the Goal: A Visual Guide to Sheff v O'Neill School Desegregation: June 2007." Report co-published by the Cities, Suburbs, and Schools research project at Trinity College and the University of Connecticut Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2007.

Dougherty, Jack, and Naralys Estevez, Jesse Wanzer, David Tatem, Courtney Bell, Casey Cobb, Craig Esposito. A Visual Guide to Sheff v O'Neill School Desegregation. Report by the Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Research Project at Trinity College and the University of Connecticut Center for Educational Policy Analysis, July 2006; also excerpted in the Hartford Courant, Northeast Magazine, July 23, 2006.

Banks, Dana and Jack Dougherty. "City-Suburban Desegregation and Forced Choices: Review Essay of Susan Eaton's The Other Boston Busing Story" Teachers College Record 105 (2004): 985-998.

Kaminski, Sarah.  "Magnet Schools: An Effective Solution to Sheff v O'Neill?" Trinity Papers 21 (2001-02): 63-71.

 

Unpublished Research (in alphabetical order):

Beckett, Grace. "Suburban Participation in Hartford's Project Concern School Desegregation Program, 1966-1998." Unpublished senior research project, Educational Studies Program, Trinity College, December 2004, and PowerPoint presentation

Butler, Ryan, Laura Maloney, Molly Stumbras, and Ben Willig. "Same House, Better Education: Will You Pay More for the House?" Unpublished Econ 318: Econometrics research project, Trinity College, Fall 2005, and Presentation Summary, January 2006.

Davila, Franci and Emma Sajben. "Parent/Community Resources in Hartford Public School Reform: Spring 2009 Internship Summary." Unpublished PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, April 2009.

DePina, Antonio. "Comparing Suburban School Culture in Metropolitan Hartford: How Does the Formal and Hidden Curriculum Vary Across Two High Schools?" Unpublished senior research project, Educational Studies Program, Trinity College, December 2003.

Dougherty, Jack, with Jasmin Agosto. "Living and Learning on the Line: How Private Housing and Public Education Shaped Metropolitan Hartford." Unpublished paper, presented at The Diverse Suburb: History, Politics, and Prospects conference, Hofstra University, October 2009, with illustrations in PowerPoint presentation.

Dougherty, Jack, Ron Jarrett, and James Starr. "Parent Research and Outreach with the 2009-10 SmartChoices Initiative," Unpublished research proposal summary, June 2009.

Dougherty, Jack and Lourdes Fonseca. "Discussion about Public School Choice and Liberal Arts Curriculum for Hartford Families," PowerPoint presentation, May 2009

Dougherty, Jack. "The Rise of 'Shopping for Schools' in Suburbia." Paper delivered at the History of Education Society meeting, October 2007, and PowerPoint presentation.

Dougherty, Jack, and Jeffrey Harrelson, Laura Maloney, Drew Murphy, Russell Smith, Michael Snow, Diane Zannoni. "School Choice in Suburbia: Public School Testing and Private Real Estate Markets [1996-2005]." Conference paper delivered at the American Educational Research Association meeting, April 2007, and PowerPoint presentation.

Dougherty, Jack, and Naralys Estevez, Casey Cobb, Courtney Bell. "Who Chooses Schools and Why?" Unpublished conference PowerPoint presentations, Trinity College & University of Connecticut, October 11, 2005.

Dougherty, Jack and the Educ 308: Cities Suburbs & Schools undergraduate seminar. "Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation Research Project." PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, Fall 2005.

Dougherty, Jack. "Closing the PreK-12 Achievement Gap in Greater Hartford." Unpublished data summary and charts, Trinity College, October 2004.

Estevez, Naralys and Jack Dougherty. "Are Magnet Schools Attracting All Families Equally? A GIS Mapping Analysis of Latinos." Conference paper delivered at the American Educational Research Association, April 2006, and PowerPoint presentation. (See also unpublished senior research project by first author, December 2005.)

Goso, Hambisa, and Erik Jefferson, Kerry Kincy, Chris Olenoski, Sam Zivin. "Magnet Schools and Sheff vs. O'Neill: A Presentation for the Hartford Public Schools." PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, April 2007.

Green, Carmen. "Catholic Schools, Racial Change, and Suburbanization in Twentieth-Century Metropolitan Hartford." Unpublished conference paper, History of Education Society meeting, Kansas City, November 2004. (See also PowerPoint presentation at HES 2004 conference).

Harrelson, Jeff, Drew Murphy, Russ Smith, and Michael Snow. "Good School Districts: How are Public Schools Affecting the Value of Your Home?" Unpublished Econ 318: Econometrics research project, Trinity College, Fall 2005, and Presentation Summary, January 2006.

Jacobs, Erin. "Educating Inner-City Children in Suburban Schools: A Randomized Study of Majority-to-Minority Transfer and Achievement in Connecticut [Open Choice Program]." Unpublished Senior Honors Thesis, Department of Sociology, Cornell University, May 2003.

Katz, Jacqueline. "Historical Memory and the Transformation of City and Suburban Schools." Unpublished senior research project, Educational Studies Program, Trinity College, December 2004, and PowerPoint presentation.

Lawrence, Eric. "Teacher Suburbanization and the Diverging Discourse on Hartford Public School Quality, 1950-1970." Unpublished senior project, American Studies Program, Trinity College, Fall 2002.

MacDonald, David. "Choosing Integration: The Significance of Academic Performance in Suburban Families Choosing a Hartford Magnet School." Unpublished graduate course paper, Public Policy Studies, Trinity College, April 2006.

MacDonald, David. "The Funding of Interdistrict Magnet Schools in Connecticut: A Failed Approach to Address the Sheff v. O'Neill Connecticut Supreme Court Ruling?" Unpublished graduate course paper, Public Policy Studies, Trinity College, May 2005.

Moore, Heather. "Private School Choice and Educational Outcomes in Metropolitan Hartford." Research-in-progress PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, July 2005.

Nieves, Nivia and Jack Dougherty, "Latino Politicians, Activists, and Parents: The Challenge of Implementing City-Suburban Magnet Schools." Unpublished conference paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, April 2006, and PowerPoint presentation.

Nieves, Nivia. "Shaping the Learning Corridor Interdistrict Magnet Schools, 1990s to the present." Unpublished senior research project, Educational Studies Program, Trinity College, December 2005.

Nieves, Nivia, Aleesha Young, Naralys Estevez, and Jack Dougherty. "Who Shops for Schooling and Why? A Study of Hartford Magnet Middle School." PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, July 2005.

Pennington, Lis, and Emily Steele, Jack Dougherty. "A Political History of School Finance Reform in Metropolitan Hartford, Connecticut, 1945-2005." Unpublished conference paper delivered at the American Educational Research Association meeting, April 2007, and PowerPoint presentation.

Perkins, Kelli. "Public Schools and Private Real Estate Markets in Metropolitan Hartford, 1940-2000." Unpublished senior research project, Educational Studies Program, Trinity College, December 2004, and PowerPoint presentation.

Ramsay, Christina, and Cintli Sanchez, Jesse Wanzer, et al., "Shopping for Homes and Schools: A Qualitative Study of West Hartford, Connecticut." Unpublished Cities, Suburbs, and Schools research project report, Trinity College, December 2006, and PowerPoint presentation (March 2007).

Reuman, David. "Effects of An Inter-District Magnet Program On Inter-Racial Attitudes At School." Unpublished paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, April 25, 2003.

Simonds, Rebecca. "Conflict and Identity: Puerto Rican Teens in Metropolitan Hartford." Unpublished senior thesis, International Studies Program, Trinity College, Spring 2005.

Wanzer, Jesse, and Heather Moore, Jack Dougherty. "Race and Magnet School Choice: A Mixed-Methods Neighborhood Study in Urban Connecticut." Unpublished paper delivered at the American Educational Research Association meeting, March 2008, and PowerPoint presentation.

Wetzler, Rebecca. "The Effects of Health, Mobility, and Socio-Economic Status Factors on the Race Gap in Achievement." Senior thesis, Department of Psychology, Trinity College, May 2006; research-in-progress PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, July 2005.

Williams, Jennifer. "The Unthinkable Remedy: The Proposed Metropolitan Hartford School District." Research-in-progress PowerPoint presentation, Trinity College, July 2004.

Young, Aleesha. "Real Estate, Racial Change, and Bloomfield Schools in the 1960s and '70s." Unpublished independent research project, Trinity College, December 2005, and Research-in-progress PowerPoint presentation (with Kelli Perkins), Trinity College, July 2005.