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Schools as Centers of Community Bibliography

This is the research that will assist local educational agencies in developing school facilities that are centers of communities.

Bingler, Steven. What Next. A Common Vision: New Schools. Better Neighborhoods. More Livable Communities External link opens in new window or tab. (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 External link opens in new window or tab. (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. Washington, DC: Coalition for Community Schools, Institute for Educational Leadership, 2003.

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

Chan, Tak Cheung. "Do Portable Classrooms Impact Teaching and Learning External link opens in new window or tab.?" Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 290-304.

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 External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF). Berkeley: University of California, Center for Cities and Schools, 2008.

Council of Educational Facility Planners, International. Schools for Successful Communities: An Element of Smart Growth External link opens in new window or tab.. Scottsdale, AZ: Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 2004

Dryfoos, Joy G. Evaluation of Community Schools: Findings to Date External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF). Washington, DC: Coalition for Community Schools, 2000.

Environmental Protection Agency. Travel and Environmental Implications of School Siting External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF). Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency, 2003.

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

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

Fuller, Bruce, and others. "Building Schools, Rethinking Quality? Early Lessons from Los Angeles External link opens in new window or tab.." Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 336-49.

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

Lackney, Jeffery. Thirty-Three Educational Design Principles for Schools and Community Learning Centers External link opens in new window or tab. (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 External link opens in new window or tab.." In Williams Watch Series: Investigating the Claims of Williams v. State of California. Los Angeles: UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, 2002.

McKoy, Deborah, Ariel Bierbaum, and Jeffrey M. Vincent. The Mechanics of City-School Initiatives: Transforming Neighborhoods of Distress and Despair into Neighborhoods of Choice and Promise External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF). Berkeley: Center for Cities and Schools, 2009.

McKoy, Deborah, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Carrie Makarewicz. "Integrating Infrastructure Planning: The Role of Schools External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF)." Access, no. 33 (2008): 18-26.

National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity, Opening School Property after Hours: A Primer on Liability External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF). Oakland, CA: , 2010.

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

Roberts, Lance W. "Measuring School Facility Conditions: An Illustration of the Importance of Purpose External link opens in new window or tab.." Journal of Educational Administration 47, no. 3 (2009): 368-80.

Vincent, Jeffrey M. Partnerships for Joint Use: Expanding the Use of Public School Infrastructure to Benefit Students and Communities External link opens in new window or tab. (PDF). Berkeley: Center for Cities and Schools, 2010.

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

Whipple, Sara Sepanski, and others. "An Ecological Perspective on Cumulative School and Neighborhood Risk Factors Related to Achievement External link opens in new window or tab.." 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.

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