Historic neighborhood schools are being abandoned, torn down, or replaced at an alarming rate.
Older schools are threatened by many forces, the report finds.
State funding formulas favor new construction over renovation. Building codes are biased against older schools. Urban sprawl encourages school officials to close small inner-city schools in favor of large new schools near new growth. And there's a mistaken belief that older schools cannot meet today's high-tech instructional needs. No one is challenging the National Trust's call to save historic schools.