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   Public Schools and Economic Development: What the Research Shows
   KnowledgeWorks Foundation is pleased to announce our publication, Public Schools and Economic Development: What the Research Shows. Critical to our vision as an education foundation is a belief that a highly educated and skilled populace benefits both individuals and the community as a whole. As a result, we enlisted Jonathan Weiss, a nationally recognized expert in community sustainability and economic development, to review the existing research on the relationship between schools and economic development.
   

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   Dollars & Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of Small Schools
   Dollars & Sense summarizes research on the educational and social benefits of small schools and the negative effects of large schools on students, teachers, and members of the community, as well as the "diseconomies of scale" inherent in large schools. In addition, Dollars & Sense answers two fundamental questions: can small schools be built cost effectively, and has anyone done so? Using data drawn from 489 schools submitted to design competitions in 1990-2001, Dollars and Sense answers both questions with a resounding yes, demonstrating that small schools are not prohibitively expensive. Investing tax dollars in small schools does make sense.
   

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   Every Student Deserves a Legacy
   The following on-the-ground stories of struggle and hope mark the one-year anniversary of 58 new, revolutionary high schools that opened in the 2004-2005 school year through the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative. One of the nation's most sweeping statewide high school reform efforts, the Transformation has already converted 18 of Ohio's large, struggling, urban high school campuses into 58 smaller, successful high schools where underserved students receive personal attention, and study academically relevant and rigorous material that inspires them to achieve.
   

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   Leadership in Education: A Handbook For School Superintendents and Teacher Union Presidents
   This handbook contains practical information and advice to help superintendents and teacher organization presidents manage their relationships, and provides a basis for discussion and reflection across the traditional lines of labor management. It covers the often avoidable difficulties these positions regularly have with each other, and offers explicit lessons for dealing with these difficulties and many other aspects of their relationship and of leadership in general.
   

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   10 Principles of Authentic Community Engagement
   It is common for school facilities planners to assert the need for community engagement in the school facilities planning process, and a few key principles emerge that characterize authentic community engagement.
   

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   Dollars & Sense II
   Dollars & Sense II proves that good small schools are being built and operated cost-effectively, and lays out practical strategies for cost-effectiveness that have been field-tested by schools and reports analysis of data from over 3,000 school construction projects.
   

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   Leadership in Education Live Webcast
   The book, Leadership in Education, raised awareness of the success that can be achieved through district-union partnerships. This webcast will showcase a panel discussion to provide guidance for how superintendents and teacher union presidents can foster collaborative relationships.
   

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   Learning by Degree: Real-life stories from three early college high schools
   Experience a day in the life of students and teachers at Toledo Early College High School, Lorain County Early College High School, and Dayton Early College Academy.
   
   They’re stories of triumph and frustration, progress and setbacks. Told by freelance writers who observed the schools first-hand throughout the 2005-06 school year, they capture the reality behind the statistics, reports and debate to reveal how new approaches to high school education are touching lives.
   

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   Public Engagement and School Facilities Conversation Workbook
   KnowledgeWorks Foundation and The Harwood Institute produced this workbook for school districts and communities to use to engage communities on school facilities. The engagement process will help to generate real community knowledge about facilities while also contributing to strengthening the relationship between schools and the community.
   

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    Advancing High School Reform in the States
    The report identifies state policies and programs that can transform and improve the learning experience of students.
    

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