Small Schools and Savings [microform] : Affordable New Construction, Renovation and Remodeling
- Bib ID:
- 5575031
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Public Education Association, New York, NY
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED375217
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992
- 62 p.
- Summary:
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"Small Schools and Savings" rebuts the presumption that capital costs of school planning and construction render small schools uncompetitively expensive. Specific options are outlined that can help small schools be cost effective. The false logic of borrowing economies-of-scale arguments from the factory model and applying them to building schools is contradicted through an investigation that shows countervailing economies in a flexible, adaptive approach to school planning, siting, and organization. Specific potential savings opportunities that are advocated center on (1) the use of smaller sites; (2) renovation of an existing abandoned or underused building; (3) collaboration with other public agencies to incorporate smaller schools in multiuse facilities; and (4) integration with private or public sector construction or renovation projects or negotiation to include a school in construction or renovation of low-rise housing. It is unnecessary and inconsistent with new insights about urban education to continue building new, too-large buildings dedicated to schools. Two appendixes consider school size and achievement and findings from a Chicago (Illinois) study, and a third contains a 72-item bibliography. (SLD)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: EXXON Education Foundation, New York, NY.
- ERIC Note: For related documents, see UD 030 114-115.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Academic Achievement
- Cost Effectiveness
- Economic Factors
- Educational Change
- Educational Facilities Improvement
- Educational Facilities Planning
- Effective Schools Research
- Elementary Secondary Education
- School Construction
- School Restructuring
- School Size
- Site Selection
- Small Schools
- Trend Analysis
- Urban Schools
- New York City Board of Education
- Chicago Public Schools IL
- Other authors/contributors:
- Public Education Association, New York, NY
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2062 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1992
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