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Report from the National Summit on School Design
Published: June 2006
The Report from the National Summit on School Design, by the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) and KnowledgeWorks Foundation, provides recommendations to help designers and educators make better decisions about the $30 billion spent annually on new or renovated school facilities. In recognizing the opportunity created by a multi-billion dollar national school construction boom, the report states that American education is at a "watershed moment in school design" when "the definition of the American school is evolving into something entirely new."
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The New Woodward Career Technical High School: A Story of Collaboration
Published: April 2006
This book details how education leaders in Cincinnati formed an effective community
partnership to address the need for more pertinent vocational education. It
outlines the philosophical and practical lessons learned during the eight-year
process of planning for and creating an innovative new career training center,
from concept to construction to curriculum.
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With All Deliberate Speed: Achievement, Citizenship and Diversity in American Education
Published: November 2005
The face of America is changing. By 2050, Hispanics will represent 24.4% of
our population, Asians will make up 8% and African Americans will represent
14.6% of our overall population. (Source: 2000 U.S. Census data). This increase
in diversity of the American people has profound consequences on our sense of
national unity, our democracy, and our future economic prosperity.
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Ohio's Education Matters: KnowledgeWorks Foundation 2005 Poll
Published: October 2005
What value do Ohioans give to education in the 21st century? Are they satisfied
with state funding for K-12? Do they believe that getting a college education is
important? Do their opinions even matter?
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Dollars & Sense II: Lessons From Good, Cost-Effective Small Schools
Published: August 2005
Imagine a school where students take drama classes at their local theaters.
Imagine one where students have their own fitness center or access to a
photography lab. Imagine a school where students spend 10 hours a week with
university tutors.
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Public Schools and Economic Development
Published: 2005
Yet it is only recently that we've begun to see that the investment is not
only in the individual, but also in the economic growth of our communities.
Public Schools and Economic Development provides an overall review of the
literature that addresses the connection between education and economic
development. Author Jonathan Weiss, a nationally recognized expert in community
sustainability and economic development, draws from an extensive list of
resources, including academic research and reports from organizations and the
popular media.
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Dollars & Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of Small Schools
Published: 2002
School districts have been closing small schools for decades. Why? In part,
this is due to our cultural belief that "the bigger, the better." Yet when it
comes to thinking about schools, Dollars & Sense: The Cost Effectiveness of
Small Schools asks us to "think small."
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