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New Visions for Public Schools. Facilities and Design. |
New Visions is the largest education reform organization dedicated to improving the quality of education children receive in New York City's public schools. School facilities has emerged as a... |
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Niagara Falls High School, Niagara Falls, N.Y. |
Niagara Falls High School, the first privately financed and privately managed school construction project in New York State, is a example of a true architecture, business, technology, and community... |
01/31/2001 |
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Niagara Falls Project May be a Watershed in Privatization |
Privatization is being used to help fund the building of a single, $60 million structure to replace 2 high schools in Niagara Falls, New York. The plan involves selling the 2 schools and $15 million... |
05/11/1997 |
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No Cure-Alls for K-12 |
Discusses three ideologies relating to school design that attempt to positively address functional and technical trends in school construction. Discussed are privatization and the ideologies of... |
09/30/1997 |
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No Room for Johnny: a New Approach to the School Facilities Crisis. |
A study was conducted to discover ways to improve California school district facilities improvement processes so that the state can accommodate the increasing numbers of students projected by the... |
06/29/1992 |
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Off-Balance Sheet Financing. |
Examines off-balance sheet financing, the facilities use of outsourcing for selected needs, as a means of saving operational costs and using facility assets efficiently. Examples of using outside... |
06/30/1998 |
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Overview of Alternative Funding. |
Presents an outline of alternative school funding, including a description, pros, and cons for each. The methods described are impact fees, excise taxes, sales taxes, proffers, grants and donations,... |
10/01/2003 |
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P3 Schools in Nova Scotia. |
This website considers various issues related to Public Private Partnerships in general and P3 School construction in Nova Scotia specifically. It includes links to a collection of interviews, news... |
12/31/2000 |
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Parting Company In a Company Town. |
After Corning Incorporated played a leading role in developing a plan to rebuild the local district's aging schools, the company pledged up to $60 million to pay for it. Among other elements,... |
09/11/2001 |
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Partnerships between Public Schools and Private Developers. An Investigative Report |
This report presents findings from investigations of seven public/private partnerships between school districts and the private sector. The report reveals that in all seven cases, school districts... |
11/30/1998 |
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Partnerships for a Sustainable Future: Schools and Community, The Rosa Parks School. [Video] |
This video profiles the Rosa Parks School, which opened in 2007 to students in one of the most impoverished areas of Portland, Oregon. Facing a burgeoning population and a tightened budget, Portland... |
02/28/2009 |
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Partnerships Help Build High School. |
After a bond issue failure, community and business partnerships helped a Kentucky school district overcome serious facility deficiencies and dramatically improve its curriculum. |
02/28/1997 |
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Partnerships in School Construction |
One of the biggest headaches facing communities across Michigan and America is how to pay for the construction of new school buildings, and for improvements in existing facilities. School districts... |
05/14/1999 |
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Partnerships May Answer School-Building Woes |
In Europe and in select states in the United States, traditional notions of public procurement are no longer the only alternative in the area of school construction. Massachusetts may be interested... |
10/02/2003 |
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PFI in Schools: The Quality and Cost of Buildings and Services Provided by Early Private Finance Initiative Schemes. |
Reviews the United Kingdom's Private Finance Initiative by comparing 17 PFI schools with 12 traditionally-funded schools. The report found that the quality of school buildings built via... |
12/31/2002 |
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Philanthropic Support for Public Education in the Southwest Region |
This report examines the relationship between philanthropy (gifts and grants provided by private foundations and business concerns)and public schools in five states -- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico... |
11/30/2000 |
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Preparing for a Construction Project. |
Briefly discusses creative use of school bond funds, public/private partnerships for school construction, prototype schools, and the value of design services in school construction. |
12/31/2004 |
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Pretty Cool for a School. |
Describes the redesigned features of the Edison Schools of New York, a for-profit company which runs 113 public charter schools in partnership with local school districts. Designs are modular... |
01/31/2001 |
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Primer on School Funding. |
Summarizes state and local school funding sources and the history of direct and indirect federal funding of school construction. Types of federal, state, and private grants are described. |
05/31/2005 |
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Private Capital for Public Schools. |
While still in the early stages, public-private partnerships increasingly are providing a viable alternative to address the need for extensive renovation and development of public school facilities.... |
07/31/2003 |
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Private Finance for the Delivery of School Projects in England. |
The findings in this paper are based on case-study research in the Building Schools for the Future scheme (BSF), the largest single capital investment in 50 years to rebuild and renew all of England... |
10/31/2008 |
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Private Funds for Public Schools |
Discusses sources of nontraditional revenue for public school systems: the result of donor activities (the solicitation of goods, services, and money via direct and indirect donations); enterprise... |
10/31/2000 |
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Private Sector Public Schools : Fiscal Responsibility Dictates It, Says Nova Scotia. |
Recommends that instead of publicly financing school construction, Maryland should follow the example of other jurisdictions such as Nova Scotia, the United Kingdom and Florida. Maryland should... |
03/31/1999 |
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Privatization a Plus for First-Time Housing Development. |
Profiles new privately funded, built, or managed dormitory housing projects at four higher education institutions, all of whom were offering student housing for the first time. Lack of housing... |
09/30/2008 |
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Privatization Solves Housing Woes. |
Discusses why, with budget crunches and enrollment increases, privatization is a viable option for higher education administrators needing affordable student housing. |
03/31/2003 |
