School-Centered Neighborhood Revitalization in Baltimore (Panel 1.1)
Channel: LEaRNetwork University of Melbourne
Date: 2020-12-14

This presentation is part of the Schools as Community Hubs International Conference 2020, a multidisciplinary event held online on 3 and 4 December 2020. It explored the development of schools as community hubs with an emphasis on the role of the built environment (social infrastructure) in supporting such activity. The event was facilitated by the Building Connections: Schools as Community Hubs research team based at The University of Melbourne, Australia.
More information on the Building Connections ARC Linkage Project http://go.unimelb.edu.au/4ckr / building-connections@unimelb.edu.au / Twitter @BC_ARCProject.

FULL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
Minerva: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/251939
ISBN: 978 0 7340 5616 0
Date: November 2020

CITE THIS VIDEO AND READ RELATED PAPER: 
Bierbaum, Ariel H.; Butler, Alisha; O'Keefe, Erin (2020): School-Centered Neighborhood Revitalization in Baltimore. University of Melbourne. Presentation. https://doi.org/10.26188/13311452
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ABSTRACT:
Despite the ways that schools are deeply tied to local conditions, we know less about how school change interacts with neighborhood change. This study asks: How does a major investment in school facilities materially affect lived experiences in neighborhoods? Using a case study approach, we present findings from a study of the policy apparatuses and impacts of Baltimore’s school closures, rehabilitation, and construction vis-à-vis patterns of uneven urban development and change in three Baltimore neighborhoods that have each seen new school construction as part of the 21st Century Schools Buildings Plan (21CSBP): a cross-agency investment of nearly US $1.1 billion to build or renovate 28 public schools in some of Baltimore’s most neglected neighborhoods. We argue that different agency stakeholders articulate competing operational theories of community development, which hinders collaborative efforts and creates obstacles to realizing deep impact of these school facilities investments on neighborhood outcomes.