Odis Johnson Jr.

Institutional Resources or Changing Compositions? Unpacking Neighborhood Effects on Education

Jason Jabbari, Andrew Foell, DeMarcus Jenkins, Yung Chun, Odis Johnson Jr.. July 2026

Topics: Families and Communities

Tags: Equity, Neighborhoods, Race, ethnicity, and education

Children in neighborhoods marked by concentrated poverty and racial isolation face persistent educational barriers, yet the mechanisms underlying neighborhood effects remain poorly understood. This study employs a multi-method analysis of the Near North Side Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI… more →
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Choosing Schools in Choice Neighborhoods: Impacts of Student Mobility, School Composition, and Case Management on Academic Outcomes

Yung Chun, Jason Jabbari, Andrew Foell, DeMarcus Jenkins, Odis Johnson Jr.. June 2025

Topics: School Choice

Tags: Neighborhoods, Race, ethnicity, and education, School climate and culture

This study examines the academic impacts of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI), a federal public housing revitalization program, focusing on how case management, student mobility, and school compositional change intersect to shape outcomes. Using an eight-year student-level panel (2015–… more →
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