|
Opportunity-Rich Schools and Sustainable Communities: Seven Steps to Align High-Quality Education with Innovations in City and Metropolitan Planning and Development, our new report for the What Works Collaborative, supports federal agencies—and community development and regional planning practitioners—in identifying the mechanisms to tangibly link their work in sustainable communities planning to educational improvement efforts to create cross-sector “win-wins,” increase productivity, and foster social equity.
Download Report (PDF)
What Works Collaborative Homepage
|
 Growth & Opportunity: Aligning High-Quality Public Education & Sustainable Communities Planning in the Bay Area: done in partnership with the Association of Bay Area Governments, this report identifies tangible policy levers at both the regional and municipal levels that realize the co-benefits of pursuing complete communities and high-quality education in tandem. We describe the regional educational landscape and develop recommendations about specific strategies to achieve cross-sector “win-wins.”
Download Report (PDF) |
|
 Joint Use of Public Schools: A Framework for a New Social Contract, by the 21st Century School Fund and CC&S, informs the growing conversation about and demand for joint use of schools by providing a conceptual frame for joint use, establishing definitions, and framing basic challenges and opportunities to facilitate better conversations and planning for these types of collaborations.
Download Report (PDF) |
 Y-PLAN Overview
CC&S’s Y-PLAN toolkit is designed to provide participants and partners in Y-PLAN initiatives with a portfolio of teaching resources to be adapted to local circumstances and contexts.
Download Y-PLAN Overview (PDF) |
