- Chicago is an exceptional case because it has a great deal of public and private schools choice due to its efforts of “stabilize” the city in the face of dramatic demographic changes.
- Chicago’s reliance on voluntary desegregation measures has had the unintended consequences of weakening the neighborhood schools and strengthening school choice in the long run.
- Possibility that achievement, rather than ascription has become the basis of stratification in Chicago schools.
- Urban policy and education policy are intimately linked.
- Not precisely measuring effect of segregation/desegregation measures it does it indirectly but is focused on explaining why Chicago Public Schools are like they are.