The 21st Century School Fund, through its Building Educational Success Together (BEST) collaborative, is tracking the effect of federal stimulus funding on the condition of PK-12 public school facilities and whether or not the distribution of ARRA funding related to public school facilities is helping reduce the disparity of capital expenditures among and between school districts. This brief report highlights initial findings related to the following questions: ·How much disparity exists in school facility spending by state and locality? ·How were school facilities addressed in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act? ·What has happened to our nation’s school facilities as a result of ARRA provisions? ·Which schools and which students benefited from ARRA expenditures?

The 21st Century School Fund conducted an analysis of the utilization of PS-15 elementary school building in the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY at the request of Campaign for Fiscal Equity. Visiting the school and reviewing plans and documents, 21CSF recommended that the Department of Education (DOE) reconsider its decision to increase the charter school partner, PAVE over the course of two years.

The 21st Century School Fund, through its Building Educational Success Together (BEST) collaborative, is tracking the effect of federal stimulus funding on the condition of PK-12 public school facilities and whether or not the distribution of ARRA funding related to public school facilities is helping reduce the disparity of capital expenditures among and between school districts. This brief report highlights initial findings related to the following questions: How much disparity exists in school facility spending by state and locality? How were school facilities addressed in the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act? What has happened to our nation's school facilities as a result of ARRA provisions? Which schools and which students benefited from ARRA expenditures?

"Despite extensive public infrastructure spending, surprisingly little is known about its economic return. In this paper, we estimate the value of school facility investments using housing markets: standard models of local public goods imply that school districts should spend up to the point where marginal increases would have zero effect on local housing prices. "

"This article considers school climate and perceptions of social disorder. When a school is characterized by disorder or physical risk, basic educational goals and processes are jeopardized. We use survey data from 33 public schools serving grades 6–8 in a large mid‐Atlantic city to examine relationships among physical disorder (e.g., broken windows and poor building conditions), fear, collective efficacy, and social disorder."

This memo examines the enrollment patterns resulting from the DCPS 2008-2009 school closings. Although it focuses on the impact of the closings on student enrollment, it also lays out key questions for the school system to consider as it evaluates the impact of the closings on educational program quality and on budget pressures.

"The purpose of this study is to compare student achievement with three school design classifications: movement and circulation, day lighting, and views."

This is a first draft for review by the school and community of Bruce-Monroe at Park View Elementary School and the District of Columbia Public Schools. It describes the extensive and complex programs, services and operations of the school and is primarily intended to be used by a developer and architect to formulate a site plan -- and eventually a new school design - - for sharing the former school site with residential, commercial or retail development along Georgia Avenue. The Summary of Spaces Appendix is also a first draft. It lists each specific program area with a square-foot allotment and provides an estimated working total of the area required.

The researcher conducts a study on the impact of school infrastructure investments on student achievement. 

"This research was designed to investigate the possible relationship between the attitudes, teachers have about the condition of their classrooms when the classrooms were independently assessed."

"The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the condition of rural public high school facilities in Texas and student achievement, student attendance, and teacher turnover, while controlling for the effects of student wealth level, school district wealth level, and percent minority students."