Research
Below is list of research supporting small, neighborhood schools, and other issues surrounding the proposed closures in Austin ISD. If we are missing important links, please contact us.
- Austin Area Population Increases by Nearly Half Million, 2010 Census Data Show
- Nine Central Texas Counties Among Fastest-Growing in the State
- TEA Salary Information: Superintendent Pay Rankings
- Get the Facts Reality Check Blog from AISD
- Senate Subcommittee to Meet for the Next Three Weeks
- Expanding Choice in Elementary and Secondary Education, Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings
- School Size and Class Size in Texas Public Schools,Policy Research Report from TEA, 1999 (pdf)
- Dollars & Sense Lessons from Good, Cost-Effective, Smaller Schools
- Schools as Centers of Community
- Education: Advanced Placement (New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina)
- A Way to Get Around the Doggett/Perry Dispute, dallasnews.com, 8/20/10
- Make Education a Priority Campaign
- AISD Tough Times/Tough Choices
- AISD Staffing Formulas/Guidelines for 2011-12
- Texas Association of School Administrators
- A Call to Action to the Superintendants of Texas
- Senate Releases Its Version of the 2012-13 Budget
- Carstarphen Charts a Course, Statesman, 7/10/10
- Barton Hills FCI Report
- The 82nd Legislature: Schools Shudder at Cuts, Houston Chronicle, 1/20/11
- CEO Austin
- 10 Lessons the Arts Teach
- How to Fix the Obesity Crisis, Scientific American, 1/18/11
- Hearing the Music, Honoring the Mind, Scientific American, 10/16/10
- AISD Meeting Documents, 1/24/11
- Video: Changing Education Paradigms, RSA Animate
- AISD Master Plan Visioning (2 Day) Workshop PDF, 7/1/10
- Perry Rejects Texas’ Chance at $700 Million in Public School Funding, Burnt Orange Report, 1/13/10
- House Budget Shocks and Awes, Texas Monthly BurkaBlog, 1/19/11
- No McMansions for Generation Y, WSJ.com, 1/13/11
- Full Text of Letter from Carstarphen, 1/21/11
- Austin Traffic Third Worst in the U.S.
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- New Normal is Harsh Reality Duncan Tells Principals
- Layoffs Without ‘Financial Exigency’
- AISD Progress Report 2001
- Houston-area school districts shudder at budget cuts
- Resolution from the East Cesar Chavez Plan
- Families and Children Task Force Report Recommendations, June 24, 2008
- Community Centered Schools
- Small Schools Project
- An Out of the Box Option Presented to AISD Master Plan Task Force
- Save Seattle Public Schools Blog
- Smart Growth and Schools EPA
- Seattle Schools:Closing One Day, Opening Another
- Seattle Article about Small Schools
- Closing schools could save $16M — if no students leave district
- Working Together Across Schools:Lessons Learned Blog
- Criteria used for Seattle School Closures Blog
- Robin Hood Plan Wikipedia
- Friends Of BHE Formal Response to FTF Proposals
- BHE to Becker Hazards
- Smart Growth and Schools
- Save Boise Schools Petition
- Jacksonville School Closures, 3/10/2010
- Who Represents Me?
- Perry Poisons Education Funding, 9/17/2011
- AISD Efficiency Study Not Exactly What the Doctor Ordered, 6/9/2011
- An Out of the Box Option Presented to AISD Master Plan Task Force Southwest Key Programs, 1/14/2011
- Westlake Academy (School that took over their building as a charter)
- AISD Braces for Budget Talks, 11/5/2010
- The Texas Omen
- Texas sues over $830 million in federal education funding UPDATE, 9/23/2010
- Giving Austin Issue Featuring Jason Sabo and Sara Hickman
- “Young People Are Heeding Austin’s Call, Data Shows”
- Doggett: Perry’s Mismangement Hurt Texas Education
- “Carstarphen Leaves, But Does She Leave A Legacy”
- 82nd Texas Legislature – A Balancing Act to Protect Public Schools and Students
- AISD Facilities Master Plan INTERNAL Brainstorm May 2010
- Architect Salaries from Texas Tribune
- AISD Salary Data from Texas Tribune
- Task Force Meeting Notes #12 #13
- ThinkProgress Blog Post
- Search Is On for St. Paul Superintendent
- Smaller, Safer, Saner Successful Schoolsblank”>
- Austin ISD Projects 31 Elementary Schools Will Be Over Capacity By 2015-16
- Deadly Train Accident in South Austin
- Barton Hills Total Market Value Data
- Zilker Total Market Vaule Data
- Does Close Count?
- How Much Is a Neighborhood School Worth?
- AISD Strategic Plan 2010-2015
- Building Repurposing in Kansas City, MOblank”>
- Video of Lamar Traffic
- Downtown Austin Properties Undervalued Appraiser Says
- Smart Growth PDF Watershed Ordinances
- District Wide Facility Master Plan Background Report
- AISD Doesn’t Have Enough Money? by J.B. Bird
- Right Vs. Wrong way to close schools by J.B. Bird
