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- We examine the interrelationships between where students live and where they attend schools. We build understanding of this “housing-schools nexus” to inform policy.
- Deborah L. McKoy and Jeffrey M. Vincent
- Our chapter in Segregation: The Rising Costs for America (edited by James Carr and Nandinee Kutty) describes the complex relationship between housing and education — the "housing-schools nexus" and suggests ways to integrate housing and educational policy, research, and development.
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- A CC&S symposium co-sponsored by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG); Bay Area LISC; BEST (Building Educational Success Together) Collaborative; Gilbane, Inc.; and the Walter and Elise Haas Fund. November 29, 2007.
- Download Proceedings Report (PDF)
- Kenneth Kirkey, Planning Director, Association of Bay Area Governments Myong Leigh, Deputy Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District, September Jarrett, Director of Policy and Planning, City of San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and their Families.
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- Portland, Oregon - New Columbia Development Project: Portland Housing Authority Executive Director Steve Rudmen described the planning and development process of the award-winning Community Campus at New Columbia, a mixed-use partnership project located in the recently redeveloped New Columbia low-income housing development, the largest revitalization project in Oregon history.
- Yuma, Arizona - Carver Park Neighborhood Development Project: Principal Deb Elias presented on how “safe affordable housing in Yuma equals higher academic achievement” in their recently completed, school-focused comprehensive redevelopment initiative.
- New Haven, Conn. – School Construction and Neighborhood Transformation Initiative: Tom Roger of Gilbane, Inc. and Sue Weisselberg of New Haven Public Schools discussed how the Mayor and School Leadership of New Haven, Connecticut envision high quality public schools as a central vehicle to bring back the middle class and reinvigorate New Haven’s economy and community.
- Maria Blanco, Executive Director of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, Boalt Law School, UC Berkeley
- Download Agenda (PDF)
- By Heather Kinlaw, Deborah L. McKoy, and Jeffrey M. Vincent.
- With support from the Fannie Mae Foundation, this report analyzes models of highly collaborative and comprehensive education reform efforts to close the achievement gap from across the country. Using a literature review and interviews with leaders in education and government, the report identifies a broad spectrum of approaches to addressing the complex needs of America’s youngsters and the communities that they call home.
- Download Executive Summary (PDF)
- Download Report (PDF)
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- Deborah McKoy
- This study examines the impacts on school achievement when low income children/youth are moved from home to home due to government housing policies. Working closely with local housing authorities in Richmond, Oakland and San Francisco, this research aims to measure the academic performance of over 300 children who have been relocated by government programs through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HOPE VI urban revitalization program. Starting in 1998, families across the Bay Area were relocated without regard to the impact on local schools, or children’s ability to do well in school. Whether the well funded Community and Supportive Services provided through this program had any positive benefits on families will also be examined.
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- In partnership with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and many community organizations, the Center created the Youth Leadership for Change Initiative focusing on creating healthy and sustainable public housing communities. Using video, radio, and other media as tools for social change, over 500 participants from 47 cities have been involved in YLC starting local youth councils and a wide range of youth programs and projects.
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- By Deborah McKoy, Amanda Kobler, and Shirl Buss
- Prepared for U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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- By Amanda Kobler
- Prepared for U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Planning for Families: The Housing and Education Nexus
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