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Below are links to organizations that we have done work with or that we feel are doing on improving the relationship between cities and schools.
- Collaborative Governance
- Youth, Schools & Planning
- School Facilities and Neighborhoods
- Housing & Education
Collaborative Governance
- Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
- The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is one of more than 560 regional planning agencies across the nation working to help solve problems in areas such as land use, housing, environmental quality, and economic development.
- http://www.abag.ca.gov/
- Cities, Counties, Schools Partnership of California
- CCS Partnership is a joint effort of the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties and the California School Boards Association and promotes the development of public policies that build and preserve communities by encouraging local collaborative efforts among California's cities, counties and school districts.
- http://www.ccspartnership.org/
- The Great Communities Collaborative brings together residents and local organizations to participate in community planning processes across the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.greatcommunities.org/
- LGC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization that provides inspiration, technical assistance, and networking to local elected officials and other dedicated community leaders who are working to create healthy, walkable, and resource-efficient communities.
- http://www.lgc.org
- TALC analyzes county and regional policies, works with community groups to develop walkable communities that provide all residents with transportation choices and affordable housing, and coordinates grassroots campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- http://www.transcoalition.org
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Youth, Schools, & Planning
- AED is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, civil society and economic development. http://www.aed.org
- CYE facilitates the dissemination of knowledge and stimulate discussion in support of inclusive and sustainable environments for children and youth everywhere. http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye
- Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
- Housed at the University of California-Berkeley, PACE is an independent research center dedicated to carefully defining issues and assessing the effectiveness of policies and programs by enriching education policy debates with sound analysis and hard evidence.
- http://pace.berkeley.edu
- PPS — Project for Public Spaces
- Teens as Community Builders community youth mapping‚ teen neighborhood leaders
- http://www.pps.org/
- Part of Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC), Youth Sounds is the most comprehensive and entrepreneurial youth media and technology training programs in the country; a pathway model of youth education, expression and employment that works to simultaneously develop a young person's artistic talent, provide them advanced training in new media, and help them develop the life skills necessary to successfully collaborate on and produce a high-quality creative work. http://www.youthsounds.org/
- Youth Voices in Policy
- Temple/Loyola collaboration and exchange — youth action in policy and community development
- http://www.temple.edu/uccp/>
- What Kids Can Do
- Database of examples of young people working with adults in their schools and communities on the real-world issues that concern them most, resources and online activism
- http://www.whatkidscando.org/
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School Facilities and Neighborhoods
- 21st Century School Fund
- The 21st Century School Fund works on school facility issues nationally and locally in the District of Columbia, building the public will and capacity to improve urban public school facilities. The Fund provides technical assistance, training and tools to nonprofit organizations, school districts and local, state and federal public agencies to support their work on school facility issues.
- http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/
- Building Educational Success Together (BEST)
- BEST is a community of practice, with partners supporting each other in work towards a vision where all children learn in school buildings that are safe and educationally adequate and that serve as community anchors in vibrant, healthy neighborhoods.
- http://www.bestschoolfacilities.org/
- California Department of Education, School Facilities Planning Division
- CDE’s SFPD assists California school districts and their communities in creating well-planned, K-12 learning environments in safe, clean, and up-to-date schools.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/
- California's Coalition for Adequate School Housing
- C.A.S.H. promotes, develops, and supports state and local funding for K-12 construction in California. http://www.cashnet.org/membership-info/
- Coalition for Community Schools
- The Coalition for Community Schools works toward improving education and helping students learn and grow while supporting and strengthening their families and communities.
- http://www.communityschools.org/
- Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE)
- The Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) is an arm of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) concerned with the quality and design of all types of educational, cultural, and recreational facilities.
- http://www.aia.org/cae/
- Kidswalk-to-School
- This is a community-based program that aims to increase opportunities for daily physical activity by encouraging children to walk to and from school in groups accompanied by adults.
- http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/
- National Center for Safe Routes to School
- Community leaders, parents and schools across the U.S. are using Safe Routes to School programs to encourage and enable more children to safely walk and bike to school.
- http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/
- National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
- The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) is a free public service out of the U.S. Department of Education that provides information on planning, designing, funding, building, improving, and maintaining schools. Their site contains an extensive collection of articles, papers, and organizations related to school facilities.
- http://www.edfacilities.org/
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- The National Trust has a webpage highlighting the loss of historic neighborhood schools that are being replaced by mega-school sprawl.
- http://www.nationaltrust.org/issues/schools/
- New Schools, Better Neighborhoods
- New Schools / Better Neighborhoods (NSBN) is a civic advocacy organization formed to promote a 21st Century vision for California's urban school districts: new schools should be centers of neighborhoods and likewise, neighborhoods and communities should serve as centers of learning.
- http://www.nsbn.org/
- Smart Schools, Smart Growth Initiative
- The Smart Schools, Smart Growth Initiative is a multi-partner, national effort designed to bridge the movements for education equity and for smart growth.
- http://www.smart-schools.org/
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Smart Growth and Schools
- EPA helps communities grow in ways that expand economic opportunity, protect public health and the environment, and create and enhance the places that people love.
- http://www.epa.gov/livablecommunities/
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Housing and Education
- Links coming soon!
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Building Educational Success Together (BEST)
BEST is a community of practice dedicated to sharing and developing knowledge to improve urban public school facilities and the communities they serve. The Center for Cities and Schools is a proud member and research partner with BEST. Together, the BEST partners have created an online policy, research, and advocacy oriented website with extensive data and information on public school buildings across the country. Visit BEST.
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