Mildred E. Warner is a professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and in the Department of Global Development at Cornell University.Jason Reece is an associate professor of city and regional planning at the Knowlton School and Vice Provost for Urban Research & Community Engagement in the Office of Academic Affairs at Ohio State University.Xue Zhang is an assistant professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University.

• Part 1 Introduction: Schools and Community Development 1. Community Development and Schools: Interrelationships, Conflict, and Power 2. Youth Demographic Trends and Equity Considerations Part 2 Financial and Physical: Economic Development Policy and Schools 3. The Cost of Tax Incentives to Public Schools 4. Urban Schools and the Growth Machine 5. School-Centered Community Development: Lessons from Baltimore’s 21st Century School Buildings Program Part 3 Institutional and Social: Opportunities for Collaboration and Innovation 6. Joint Use Between Communities and Schools: Unpacking Dimensions of Power 7. Joint Use Service Delivery in New York State School Districts 8. School-Based Health Centers and Rural Community Health Part 4 Conclusion 9. Conclusion: A Broader Vision of Community Development, Schools, and Power

"This research provides stakeholders with evidence for bridging the silos of community development and public schools. This book is a must-read for stakeholders who need a new vision, plans, policies and practices to address longstanding challenges like aged and deteriorated public school buildings and grounds, which are concentrated in this nation’s low-wealth neighborhoods and communities."Mary Filardo, Executive Director of 21st Century School Fund