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2008
The Complex and Multi-Faceted Nature of School Construction Costs: Factors Affecting California. A Report to the American Institute of Architects California Council
By Jeffrey M. Vincent and Deborah McKoy
Report coming Summer 2008
Building Schools and Community. Race, Poverty and the Environment. Vol. 15:1. (Spring 2008)
Bierbaum, Ariel H., Jeffrey M. Vincent and Erika Tate
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Planning for Families: The Housing and Education Nexus – Proceedings Summary
Fall 2007 Forum presented by the Center for Cities & Schools PLUS Leadership Initiative
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Housing and Education: The Inextricable Link.
By Deborah L. McKoy and Jeffrey M. Vincent.
In Segregation: The Rising Costs for America.
(Edited by James Carr and Nandinee Kutty)
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2007
The Community Development and Education Connection: Reviving cities, transforming schools, and engaging young people in the process
By Deborah L. McKoy
Community Investments 19, 2: 20-21, Fall 2007
Youth Engagement in Planning Nationwide: A Convening in New Orleans
By Ariel H. Bierbaum and Alissa Kronovet
Community Investments 19, 2: 22, Fall 2007
Y-PLAN: Teaches the Why and How to Plan
By Ariel H. Bierbaum and Deborah L. McKoy
Race, Poverty & the Environment 14, 2: 72-74, Fall 2007
Building Schools, Building Communities: The Role of State Policy in California - Proceedings Paper.
Forum presented by Center for Cities & Schools and American Architectural Foundation.
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School Quality and Housing Choices: What are the Links?
Presentation at the Lake Arrowhead Transportation/Land Use/Environment Symposium, October 14-16, 2007.
By Ariel Bierbaum.
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Engaging Schools in Urban Revitalization: The YPLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now!).
By Deborah L. McKoy and Jeffrey M. Vincent.
Journal of Planning Education and Research 26: 389-403, 2007.
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Promising Practices to Improve Schools and Communities: A Survey of Highly Collaborative and Comprehensive Education Reform Efforts.
By Heather Kinlaw, Deborah L. McKoy, and Jeffrey M. Vincent. 2007.
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School Siting for Healthy Communities: Concepts and Strategies.
Presentation of the California School Boards Association, School Wellness Conference, October 2, 2007.
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PLUS (Planning and Learning United for Systems Change) Overview.
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Growing our Future Community Activists and Land Use and Housing Policy Makers: Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now).
Presentation at the California League of Cities Conference, September 6, 2007.
By Deborah L. McKoy and Ariel Bierbaum.
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2006

Growth and Disparity: A Decade of U.S. Public School Construction.
By Mary Filardo, Jeff Vincent, Ping Sung, and Travis Stein. Washington, DC: Building Educational Success Together (BEST).
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Public Schools as Public Infrastructure: Roles for Planning Researchers.
By Jeffrey M. Vincent.
Journal of Planning Education and Research 25(4): 433-437, 2006.
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Evaluation of the Mandela Gateway HOPE VI Redevelopment.
Prepared for the Oakland Housing Authority, Oakland, California.
By Susan Slingluff.
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Connecting Housing and Education: A Policy, Research, and Practice Agenda for the Bay Area and Beyond.
Hosted by the Center for Cities & Schools in Partnership with LISC Bay Area and the Building Educational Success Together (BEST) Collaborative, June 2006.
Spring Forum Report (PDF)
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SEfL (Social Enterprises for Learning) Toolkit.
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Creating Partnerships to Support Physical Activity: Joint-Use Schools.
Presentation at Healthy Eating Active Communities, an initiative of the California Endowment. April 27, 2006.
By Jeffrey M. Vincent.
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City Watershed Project Final Evaluation
Prepared for the California Department of commerce Technology Opportunities Program
By Deborah L. McKoy and Annie Shott
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2005

The Center for Cities & Schools: Connecting Research and Policy Agendas
By Deborah L. McKoy and Jeffrey M. Vincent.
Berkeley Planning Journal  Vol. 18: 57-77.
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The Role of Public Education in Neighborhoods of "Choice and Connection."
Center for Cities & Schools Symposium with Bruce Katz and Arlene Ackerman
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Cities, Regions, and Schools: A Report to the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program.
Prepared by students in CP290.
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Part 1: Building “Smarter” Schools: Improving Land Development and School Design
By Jeannie Eisberg, Lauren Friedman, Chris Lollini & Susan Slingluff.
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Part 2: Housing, Transportation and Schools
By Leigh Angres, Elinor Buchen, Sundar Chari, and David Zisser.
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Part 3: Health and Safety in Schools: School-Community Solutions
By Gloria Bruce and Eliza Johnston.
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Part 4: Equity, Segregation and Choice: The Changing Nature of School Reform
By Gina Banks, Greta Kirschenbaum, Josh Mason, and Jeanette Nelson.
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Part 5: Governance and Finance as a Means to Support Increased School Performance
By Mike Abbott, Heather Barondess, Heather Kinlaw, Matt Reed, and Mike Smith
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Emeryville Center of Community Life: City and School District Collaboration
By Jeffrey M. Vincent
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Schools as Center of Community: How Emeryville, California is transforming its schools and city policies by placing education at the heart of redevelopment.
Center for Cities & Schools Fall 2005 Forum with Tony Smith and John Flores.
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The Y-PLAN for Youth Insights and The McClymonds Mini Park.
Frameworks, Berkeley College of Environmental Design 1(1): 18-21.
By Deborah L. McKoy and Walter Hood.
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The Importance of Vibrant Cities in Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education: Center for Cities & Schools Spring 2005 Symposium with Pedro Noguera and Tom Bates.
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The Education Gospel: The Economic Power of Schooling: Center for Cities & Schools Spring 2005 Speakers Series with W. Norton Grubb.
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The HOPE VI Youth Leadership for Change Initiative: Formative Evaluation Report (2000 – 2003).
Prepared for U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
By Deborah McKoy, Amanda Kobler, and Shirl Buss.
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Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now) Summary and Report 2005.
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Center for Cities & Schools Newsletter, 2005
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2004

Hope VI Youth Leadership for Change Initiative: Preliminary Evaluation
Prepared for U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
By Amanda Kobler.
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Book Review of Community Organizing for School Reform (Howell S. Baum).
By Deborah L. McKoy and Jeffrey M. Vincent.
Journal of Planning Education and Research 24(2): 221-223.
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2003

Schools and the City: Making the Connection. A Report to San Francisco Unified School District. Prepared by students in CP290.
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Part 1: Abraham Lincoln High School.
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Part 2: Philip and Sala Burton Academic High School.
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Part 3: Galileo Academy of Science and Technology.
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Part 4: Mission High School.
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CC&S 2007 Brochure
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CC&S 2006-2007 Highlights
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NEW REPORTS

Building Schools, Building Communities: The Role of State Policy in California

 

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GROWTH and DISPARITY: A Decade of U.S. Public School Construction
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Our analysis finds good news and troubling news: while there has been unprecedented spending on public school facility construction across the country, the billions of dollars spent on our country’s school buildings have not been equally available to affluent and low-income communities and for minority and white students.
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Planning for Families: The Housing and Education Nexus.
Symposium Summary (PDF)
 
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