The Center for Cities & Schools asserts in the Berkeley Planning Journal that the policy disconnect between community planning and schools needs to be addressed. The Center states that the lack of collaborative community and school planning can lead to miscommunication, misunderstanding and resegregation.

In January 2004, the District of Columbia contracted with the Brookings Greater Washington Research Program to conduct a three-part study of the city's master facility planning and capital budget process. Brookings subcontracted with the 21st Century School Fund to assist in the study. All three tasks were released to the public on April 8, 2005.

In January 2004, the District of Columbia contracted with the Brookings Greater Washington Research Program to conduct a three-part study of the city's master facility planning and capital budget process. Brookings subcontracted with the 21st Century School Fund to assist in the study. All three tasks were released to the public on April 8, 2005.

"For this study, Healthy Schools Network has assessed the adequacy of the New York State Education Department’s (SED) school facility inspection and accountability system, as it pertains to environmental health and safety.  This analysis examines a limited set of school facility data, to identify certain patterns, and to pose questions for further research regarding a potential future large-scale study to more broadly assess the condition of school facilities on student health and learning. "

In January 2004, the District of Columbia contracted with the Brookings Greater Washington Research Program to conduct a three-part study of the city's master facility planning and capital budget process. Brookings subcontracted with the 21st Century School Fund to assist in the study. All three tasks were released to the public on April 8, 2005.

"A growing issue in school finance adequacy relates to the condition of school facilities and the role that the condition of those facilities plays in student learning. Using the results of standardized test scores from Wyoming students and a detailed assessment of every school building in the state of Wyoming, it can be concluded that there is essentially no relationship between the quality of school facilities and student performance when other factors known to impact student performance are accounted for. This does not suggest investments in school facilities are not important-all children are entitled to attend school in safe, clean, and appropriate educational environments. However, policymakers should be aware that investments in facilities by themselves are unlikely to improve student learning."

The attrition of both new and experienced teachers is a great challenge for schools and school administrators throughout the United States, particularly in large urban districts. Because of the importance of this issue, there is a large empirical literature that investigates why teachers quit and how they might be better induced to stay. Here we build upon thisliterature by suggesting another important factor: the quality of school facilities. We investigate the importance of facility quality using data from a survey of K-12 teachers in Washington, D.C. We find in our sample that facility quality is an important predictor of the decision of teachers to leave their current position.

"This article looks at the effect of school infrastructure on student attendance and drop-out rates."