Community development and schools : conflict, power and promise / edited by Mildred E. Warner, Jason Reece and Xue Zhang

Includes bibliographical references and index

Community development and schools : interrelationships, conflict and power / Mildred E. Warner, Jason Reece, Xue Zhang -- Youth demographic trends and equity considerations / Jason Reece -- The cost of tax incentives to public schools / Christine Wen, Greg LeRoy -- Urban schools and the growth machine / Jason Reece and Victoria Abou-Ghalioum -- School-centered community development : lessons from Baltimore's 21st century School Buildings Program / Ariel Bierbaum, Alisha Butler, Erin S. O'Keefe -- Joint use between communities and schools : unpacking dimensions of power / Mildred E. Warner and Xue Zhang -- Joint use service delivery in New York State school districts / Yang Wang, Mildred E. Warner and John W. Sipple -- School-based health centers and rural community health / Sharon Tennyson, John W. Sipple, Peter C. Fiduccia, Wendy Brunner, Elisabeth Lembo, Chris Kjolhede -- A broader vision of community development, schools and power / Mildred E. Warner, Jason Reece and Xue Zhang

"This book lays out the promise and potential of schools as community building institutions. It explores the challenges faced in incorporating schools into broader community development policy. It recognizes the changing demographics of schools and the need to integrate schools with economic development policy in order to promote broader community development. The book includes chapters on tax abatements and economic development policy impacts on schools, new approaches to school building renovation, the potential and reach of shared services between communities and schools, and the impact of school based health centers. The book offers a theory to integrate schools into community development. Key elements include: shared power between communities and schools, greater transparency in economic development policy, collaboration across the broad range of community actors, and engagement of diverse voices. This builds a greater sense of belonging across generations, class and racial divides. Creative democracy can broaden both school and community development agendas and build a culture of health. This book will help community development and school leaders recognize and pursue the promise of schools as critical community development actors"-- Provided by publisher