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Connecting Schools, Housing, and Neighborhood Change
- Schools, housing and neighborhoods all impact each other. We promote state and local policies and practices that bring these sectors together for everyone's benefit. These include innovative policies and practices linking housing, school facilities, transportation, and land use.
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- A Joint Working Paper by PACE (Policy Analysis for California Education) and Center for Cities & Schools
- CC&S joins PACE to explore California’s historic $82 billion school construction investment opportunity to advance educational quality and lift local communities. This report contributes to a new conversation about how mindful school construction decisions can enrich metropolitan areas and sustainable forms of regional development.
- Working Paper (PDF)
- By Deborah McKoy, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Carrie Makarewicz
- This article discusses the ways in which schools affect urban development and transportation, acknowledging that their location, design, and physical condition may be some of the most important determinants of neighborhood vitality. As California continues to grow and the state continues to make significant investments in public school facilities, crafting a vision and strategic supporting policies to ensure growth and prosperity becomes ever more important. The article presents three key recommendations to align school planning with broader infrastructure planning and investment.
- Article (PDF)
- CC&S launches the Joint Use Schools Initiative to create tools and resources for state and local joint use policy and practice. Partners include San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth, and their Families, 21st Century School Fund / BEST, California Convergence Partnership, and the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International.
- Flyer (PDF)
- The San Francisco HOPE SF Housing & Education strategic planning study investigates how to meaningfully integrate public education into the revitalization of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.
- 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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- By Stephen R. English (Advancement Project) and Jeffrey M. Vincent
- In partnership with the Advancement Project, CC&S submitted a policy brief on federal school construction funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Obama Administration. The brief details the scope of the nation’s need for public school infrastructure, the long and near term benefits of increased investment, and recommendations for the President’s Transition Team.
- Brief (PDF)
- Roundtable hosted by the California Department of Education (CDE) School Facilities Planning Division and facilitated by Center for Cities & Schools
- October 15 and 16, 2008
- In partnership with CDE, CC&S designed and facilitated a two-day roundtable, convening 75 national and state education and design leaders to explore the relationship between school design and learning and to generate recommendations for improved state policy on school design. From this “public research” event, CC&S crafted a proceedings summary with detailed state policy recommendations generated by participants. For more information on the Roundtable, visit CDE’s website.
- Proceedings Summary (PDF) coming soon!
- Tamar Cooper and Jeffrey M. Vincent
- A Joint Report from Center for Cities & Schools (CC&S) and Public Health Law and Policy (PHLP)
- While successful joint use partnerships can be found across California and the country, lack of information, guidance, and best practices keep many localities from pursuing this collaborative strategy. CC&S partnered with Public Health Law and Policy (PHLP) to conduct initial research on joint use school facility partnerships in California. Our report looks at joint use partnerships in the California policy context, focusing on three cases: opening up existing school yards for public use in San Francisco; building new joint use gymnasiums in Rosemead; and building a joint use child development center in Clovis (appendices include formal case agreements). The report provides key lessons learned and recommended steps to crafting effective joint use partnerships.
- Download Executive Summary (296 KB)
- Download Full Report (without Appendices. 751 KB)
- Download Full Report (with Appendices, [6.6 MB])
- CC&S partnered with the Local Government Commission and other members of the Ad-Hoc Coalition for Healthy School Siting to provide school facility planning and design policy recommendations to the California Department of Education (CDE). The Ad-Hoc Coalition for Healthy School Siting is a group of five entities across California that have analyzed research and policies related to school location and design, and corresponding impacts on education, health, transportation, and community design. Our first policy memo in 2008 obtained support from 42 California-based organizations. Key aspects of “healthy school siting” include locations that are walkable, bicycle-friendly, and that are well integrated into communities and neighborhoods.
- Policy Memo (PDF)
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NEWS & EVENTS
CC&S and the California Department of Education (CDE) host a roundtable discussion, "Re-Visioning School Facility Planning and Design for the 21st Century: Creating Optimal Learning Environments."
Download Proceedings Report (PDF) |
CC&S launches the Joint Use Schools Initiative to create tools and resources for state and local joint use policy and practice.
Flyer (PDF) |
Deb McKoy's presentation is included in The Future of Fair Housing: Report of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in Washington, DC. For more information, visit the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR’s) website
See Announcement (PDF)
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