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Agron, Joe. "38th Annual Maintenance & Operations Cost Study." American School & University 81, no. 9 (2009): 20-23.

American Architectural Foundation. Design for Learning Forum: School Design and Student Learning in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: American Architectural Foundation, 2007.

———. Report from the National Summit on School Design: A Resource for Educators and Designers. Washinton, DC: American Architectural Foundation and KnowledgeWorks Foundation, 2006.

Bingler, Steven. What Next. A Common Vision: New Schools. Better Neighborhoods. More Livable Communities. (PDF) Los Angeles: New Schools Better Neighborhoods, 2010.

Bingler, Steven, Linda Quinn, and Kevin Sullivan. Schools as Centers of Community: A Citizen's Guide for Planning and Design. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearninghouse of Educational Facilities, 2003.

Blank, Martin, Atelia Melaville, and Bela P. Shah. Making the Difference: Research and Practice in Community Schools. (PDF) Washington, DC: Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership, 2003.

Blincoe, James Maurice. "The Age and Condition of Texas High Schools as Related to Student Academic Achievement." Ed. D. diss., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008.

Boese, Stephen, and John Shaw. New York State School Facilities and Student Health, Achievement, and Attendance: A Data Analysis Report. (PDF) NY: Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2005.

Boyce, Peter. Reviews of Technical Reports on Daylight and Productivity. (PDF) Troy, NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2004

Branham, David. "The Wise Man Builds His House Upon the Rock: The Effects of Inadequate School Building Infrastructure on Student Attendance." Social Science Quarterly, no. 5 (2004): 1112-28.

Buckley, Jack, Mark Schneider, and Yi Shang. "Fix It and They Might Stay: School Facility Quality and Teacher Retention in Washington, D.C." Teachers College Record,107, no. 5 (2005): 1107-23.

———. Los Angeles Unified School District School Facilities and Academic Performance. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2004.

Bullock, Calvin C. "The Relationship between School Building Conditions and Student Achievement at the Middle School Level in the Commonwealth of Virginia." (PDF) PhD diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2007.

California Department of Education, School Facilities Planning Division. Educational Specifications: Linking Design of School Facilities to Educational Program. (PDF; 184MB) Sacramento: California Department of Education, 1997.

———. Guide to School Site Analysis and Development. (PDF; 259MB) Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2000.

———. Healthy Children, Ready to Learn: Facilities Best Practices. (PDF; 5MB) Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2007.

———. Re-Visioning School Facility Planning and Design for the 21st Century: Creating Optimal Learning Environments. (PDF; 1MB) Edited by University of California Berkeley: Center for Cities & Schools, 2008.

———. School Site Selection and Approval Guide. Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2000.

California Department of General Services, Division of the State Architect. Grid Neutral: Electrical Independence for California Schools and Community Colleges. (PDF) Sacramento: Department of General Services, State of California, Updated 2/2009.

California Energy Commission. "Integrated Energy Systems: Productivity and Building Science." In Public Interest Energy Research Program (PIER): Final Report, ed. New Buildings Institute Inc. Sacramento: California Energy Commission, October 2003.

California School Library Association, Standards Taskforce. Standards and Guidlines for Strong School Libraries. (PDF) Edited by Debbie Abilock. Sacramento: California School Library Association, 2004.

Cash, Carol, and Travis Twiford. "Improving Student Achievement and School Facilities in a Time of Limited Funding." Connexions. December (2006).

Chan, Tak Cheung. "Do Portable Classrooms Impact Teaching and Learning?" Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 290-304.

Chaney, Bradford, and Laurie Lewis. "Public School Principals Report on Their School Facilities: Fall 2005. Statistical Analysis Report." (PDF) Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, 2007.

Committee on Environmental Health. "The Built Environment: Designing Communities to Promote Physical Activity in Children." (PDF) Pediatrics 123, no. 6 (2009): 1591-98

Cooper, Tamar, and Jeffrey M. Vincent. Joint Use School Partnerships in California: Strategies to Enhance Schools and Communities. A Joint Report from Center for Cities and Schools and Public Health Law and Policy. (PDF) Berkeley: University of California, Center for Cities and Schools, 2008.

Corley, Robert. "The Condition of California School Facilities and Policies Related to Those Conditions." (PDF) In Expert Report: Williams v. State of California, 2002. San Francisco: Superior Court of California, 2005.

Cotton, Kathleen. New Small Learning Communities: Findings from Recent Literature. (PDF) Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2001.

Council of Educational Facility Planners, International. Schools for Successful Communities: An Element of Smart Growth. (PDF) Scottsdale, AZ: Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 2004

Davis Langdon, LLP. The Cost of Green Revisited: Reexamining the Feasibility and Cost Impact of Sustainable Design in the Light of Increased Market Adoption. (PDF) London: Davis Langdon, 2007.

Do K-12 School Facilities Affect Education Outcomes? (PDF) Nashville, TN: Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 2003.

Dryfoos, Joy G. Evaluation of Community Schools: Findings to Date. (PDF) Washington, DC: Coalition for Community Schools, 2000.

Durán-Narucki, Valkiria. "School Building Condition, School Attendance, and Academic Achievement in New York City Public Schools: A Mediation Model." Journal of Environmental Psychology 28, no. 3 (2008): 278-86.

Earthman, Glen I. Prioritization of 31 Criteria for School Building Adequacy. (PDF) Baltimore, MD: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, 2004.

———. "School Facility Conditions and Student Academic Achievement." (PDF) In Williams Watch Series: Investigating the Claims of Williams v. State of California. Los Angeles: UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, 2002.

Earthman, Glen I., and Linda K. Lemasters. "Teacher Attitudes About Classroom Conditions." Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 323-35.

Engelbrecht, Kathie. "The Impact of Color on Learning." (PDF) Presentation given at NeoCon 2003, Chicago, Illinois, June 2003.

Environmental Protection Agency. Travel and Environmental Implications of School Siting. Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 2003.

Evans, Gary W., Min Jun Yoo, and John Sipple. "The Ecological Context of Student Achievement: School Building Quality Effects Are Exacerbated by High Levels of Student Mobility." Journal of Environmental Psychology 30, no. 2 (2010): 239-44.

Filardo, Mary. For Generations to Come: A Leadership Guide to Renewing Public School Buildings. (PDF) Washington, DC: 21st Century School Fund, 2002.

Filardo, Mary, and others. Joint Use of Public Schools: A Framework for a New Social Contract. (PDF) Washington, DC: 21st Century School Fund, 2010.

Fuller, Bruce, and others. "Building Schools, Rethinking Quality? Early Lessons from Los Angeles." Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 336-49.

Harner, David. "Effects of Thermal Environment on Learning Skills." The Educational Facility Planner 12, no. 2, April (1974): 4-6.

Heschong Mahone Group. Daylighting in Schools: An Investigation into the Relationship between Daylighting and Human Performance. (PDF) San Francisco: Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 1999.

———. Daylighting in Schools: Reanalysis Report. (PDF) Sacramento, CA: California Energy Commission, October 2003.

———. Windows and Classrooms: A Study of Student Performance and the Indoor Environment. (PDF) Sacramento, CA: California Energy Commission, October 2003.

Hughes, Stephanie Marie. "The Relationship between School Design Variables and Student Achievement in a Large Urban Texas School District." Ed.D. diss., Baylor University, 2006.

International City/County Management Association. "Local Governments and Schools: A Community-Oriented Approach." IQ Report 40, Special Edition (2008).

Kats, Gregory. Greening America's Schools: Costs and Benefits/a Capital E Report. (PDF) Capital E, 2006.

Kumar, Revathy, Patrick M. O'Malley, and Lloyd D. Johnston. "Association between Physical Environment of Secondary Schools and Student Problem Behavior." Environment and Behavior 40, no. 4 (2008): 455-86.

Lackney, Jeffery. Thirty-Three Educational Design Principles for Schools and Community Learning Centers. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2000.

Lee, Valerie E. , Douglas D. Ready, and Kevin G. Welner. "Educational Equity and School Structure: School Size, School Overcrowding, and Alternative Organizational Structures." In Williams Watch Series: Investigating the Claims of Williams v. State of California. Los Angeles: UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, 2002.

Lippman, Peter C. Evidence-Based Design of Elementary and Secondary Schools. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

Lyons, John B. "Do School Facilities Really Impact a Child's Education." (PDF) In IssueTrak: A CEFPI Brief on Educational Facility Issues. Scottsdale, AZ: Council of Education Facilitiy Planners International, 2001.

Maryland Department of Planning. Smart Growth, Community Planning and Public School Construction, Models & Guidelines, Volume 27. (PDF) Baltimore, MD: Maryland Department of Planning, 2008.

Mason, Laura Deanne. "School Facility Design Characteristics Supporting California Schools to Watch (TM) - Taking Center Stage Middle Schools: Perceptions of Middle School Principlas and Teachers." EdD diss., University of LaVerne, 2008.

Matsuoka, Rodney H. "Student Performance and High School Landscapes: Examining the Links." Landscape and Urban Planning, no. 4 (2010).

McKoy, Deborah, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Carrie Makarewicz. "Integrating Infrastructure Planning: The Role of Schools." (PDF) Access, no. 33 (2008): 18-26.

Miranda, Marie Lynn, and others. "Environmental Contributors to the Achievement Gap." NeuroToxicology 30, no. 6 (2009): 1019-24.

Nair, Prakash, Randall Fielding, and Jeffery Lackney. The Language of School Design: Design Patterns for the 21st Century. 2nd revised ed. Minneapolis, MN: DesignShare.com, 2009.

Nathan, Joe, and Karen Febey. Smaller, Safer, Saner Successful Schools. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2001.

Opening School Property after Hours: A Primer on Liability. Oakland, CA: National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity, 2010.

Ogilvie, Robert, and Jason Zimmerman. Opening School Grounds to the Community after Hours: A Toolkit for Increasing Physical Activity through Joint Use Agreements. Oakland, CA: Planning for Healthy Places, Public Health Law and Policy, 2010.

Plank, Stephen B., Catherine P. Bradshaw, and Hollie Young. "An Application of "Broken-Windows" and Related Theories to the Study of Disorder, Fear, and Collective Efficacy in Schools." American Journal of Education 115, no. 2 (2009): 227-47.

Rahman, Tamanna, Rachel A. Cushing, and Richard J. Jackson. "Contributions of Built Environment to Childhood Obesity." Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, no. 78 (2011): 49-57.

Rainwater, Brooks, and Jason Hartke. Local Leaders in Sustainability: Special Report from Sundance. A National Action Plan for Greening America's Schools. (PDF) Washington, DC: U.S. Green Building Council, 2010.

Roberts, Lance W. "Measuring School Facility Conditions: An Illustration of the Importance of Purpose." Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 368-80.

Sandel, Megan. "The Impact of the Physical Condition of School Facilities on Student's Short Term and Long Term Health." (PDF) In Expert Report: Williams v. State of California, 2002. San Francisco: Superior Court of California, 2005.

Schneider, Mark. Do School Facilities Affect Academic Outcomes? (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2002.

———. Linking School Facility Conditions to Teacher Satisfaction and Success. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2003.

Schneider, Tod. CPTED 101: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design -- the Fundamentals for Schools. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2010.

Sheets, Martin Eugene. "The Relationship between the Condition of School Facilities and Certain Educational Outcomes, Particularly in Rural Public High Schools in Texas." (PDF) Ed.D. diss., Texas Tech University, 2009.

Stevenson, Kenneth R. The Relationship of School Facilities Conditions to Selected Student Academic Outcomes: A Study of South Carolina Public Schools. (PDF) Columbia, SC: South Carolina Education Oversight Committee, 2001.

———. School Size and Its Relationship to Student Outcomes and School Climate. (PDF) Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2006.

Tanner, C. Kenneth. "Effects of School Design on Student Outcomes." (PDF) Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 381-99.

Tanner, C. Kenneth, and Ann Langford. The Importance of Interior Design Elements as They Relate to Student Outcomes. (PDF) Washington, DC: ERIC, 2003.

Uline, Cynthia L., Megan Tschannen-Moran, and Thomas DeVere Wolsey. "The Walls Still Speak: The Stories Occupants Tell." Journal of Educational Administration, no. 3 (2009): 400-26.

Vincent, Jeffrey M. Partnerships for Joint Use: Expanding the Use of Public School Infrastructure to Benefit Students and Communities. (PDF) Berkeley: Center for Cities and Schools, 2010.

Vincent, Jeffrey M., and Mary Filardo. Research on the Impact of School Facilities on Students and Teachers: A Summary of Studies Published since 2000. Washington, DC: 21st Century School Fund, 2009.

Whipple, Sara Sepanski, and others. "An Ecological Perspective on Cumulative School and Neighborhood Risk Factors Related to Achievement." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 31, no. 6 (2010): 422-27.

Wiechmann, Dennis Robert. "The Relationship between California's Community Day Schools Facility and Facility Condition with Measures of Academic Readiness, Academic Achievement, and Resiliency." PhD diss, California State University, Fresno, 2008.