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Education, land, and location
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ISBN: 155844307X 9781558443075 9781558442894 1558442898 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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"Addresses links between K-12 education, location, and land, and effects on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic segregation; academic achievement; and equality of opportunity. Topics include: expanding school choice, charter schools, and homeschooling; property taxes, school finance, and alternative revenue sources; the structure of school districts; transportation to school; effects of school location; and the role of housing policies"--


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School siting and healthy communities
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ISBN: 1609172329 9781609172329 161186013X 9781611860139 Year: 2011 Publisher: East Lansing Michigan State University Press

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In recent decades, many metropolitan areas in the United States have experienced a decline in the population of urban centers and rapid growth in the suburbs, with new schools being built outside of cities and existing urban schools facing closure. These new schools are increasingly larger and farther from residences; in contrast, urban school facilities are often in closer proximity to homes but are also in dire need of upgrading or modernization. This eye-opening book explores the compelling health and economic rationales for new approaches to school siting, including economic sav

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