Schools as Centers of Community: A Citizen's Guide For Planning and Design

By Steven Bingler, Linda Quinn, and Kevin Sullivan, 2003.

Sponsored by the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Building Educational Success Together, Council of Educational Facility Planners International, and Coalition for Community Schools.

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• Cover Page - Table of Contents (8 pages, 574kB)
• Part One: The Challenge ( 3 pages, 233kB)
• Part Two: Six Design Principles (10 pages, 968kB)
• Part Three: Design Principles in Action (28 pages, 3.6MB)
• Part Four: Making it Happen (24 pages, 1.3MB)
• Some Final Thoughts (3 pages, 282kB)
• References (4 pages, 173kB)

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