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A first crack at a School Closure bibliography

Monday, March 11, 2024

Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 8.07.45 AMI have spent a few days researching the effects of school closures on small rural communities, and this is my first crack at a bibliography.

The most important reference I found was Mara Casey Tieken's Why Rural Schools Matter (University of North Carolina Press 2014).

(NOTE: Bibliography updated March 11, 9 PM.)

  1. Arbetter, S. (2024, January 12). Two rural New York school superintendents discuss financial challenges. Spectrum News 1. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2024/01/12/rural-n-y--school-superintendents-on-financial-challenges
  2. Autti, O., & Hyry-Beihammer, E. K. (2014). School Closures in Rural Finnish Communities. Journal of Research in Rural Education. https://jrre.psu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-08/29-1.pdf
  3. Bartl, W., & Sackmann, R. (2017). Governance Indicators and Responsiveness to Population Decline: School Closures in Practice and Discourse in Saxony-Anhalt. Comparative Population Studies, 41(3–4). https://doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2016-09
  4. Basu, R. (2007). Negotiating Acts of Citizenship in an Era of Neoliberal Reform: The Game of School Closures. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 31(1), 109–127. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2007.00709.x
  5. Bayer, P., Ferreira, F., & McMillan, R. (2007). A Unified Framework for Measuring Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods. Journal of Political Economy, 115(4), 588–638. https://doi.org/10.1086/522381
  6. Beuchert, L., Humlum, M. K., Nielsen, H. S., & Smith, N. (2018). The short-term effects of school consolidation on student achievement: Evidence of disruption? Economics of Education Review, 65, 31–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2018.05.004
  7. Bogart, W. T., & Cromwell, B. A. (2000). How Much Is a Neighborhood School Worth? Journal of Urban Economics, 47(2), 280–305. https://doi.org/10.1006/juec.1999.2142
  8. Bondi, L. (1987). School closures and local politics: The negotiation of primary school rationalization in Manchester. Political Geography Quarterly, 6(3), 203–224. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0260-9827(87)80001-0
  9. Brasington, D. M. (2004). House Prices and the Structure of Local Government: An Application of Spatial Statistics. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 29(2), 211–231. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:REAL.0000035311.59920.74
  10. Brummet, Q. (2014). The effect of school closings on student achievement. Journal of Public Economics, 119, 108–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.06.010
  11. Brundin, J. (2023, November 13). What’s happening with all the closed school buildings around the state?https://www.cpr.org/2023/11/13/whats-happening-with-closed-school-buildings/
  12. Butler, J., Kane, R., & Cooligan, F. (2019). The closure of Rideau High School: A case study in the political economy of urban education in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?hl=en&volume=191%2C+83–105&publication_year=2019&journal=Canadian+Journal+of+Educational+Administration+and+Policy&author=J.+K.+Butler&author=R.+G.+Kane&author=F.+R.+Cooligan&title=The+Closure+of+Rideau+High+School%3A+A+Case+Study+in+the+Political+Economy+of+Urban+Education+in+Ontario
  13. Chin, H. C., & Foong, K. W. (2006). Influence of School Accessibility on Housing Values. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 132(3), 120–129. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2006)132:3(120)
  14. Cortés, Y., & Iturra, V. (2019). Market versus public provision of local goods: An analysis of amenity capitalization within the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile. Cities, 89, 92–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.01.015
  15. De la Torre, M., & Gwynne, J. (2009). When Schools Close: Effects on Displaced Students in Chicago Public Schools. Research Report. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED510792.pdf
  16. De Witte, K., & Van Klaveren, C. (2014). The influence of closing poor performing primary schools on the educational attainment of students. Educational Research and Evaluation, 20(4), 290–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2014.940979
  17. DeYoung, A. J., & Howley, C. B. (1992). The Political Economy of Rural School Consolidation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED347018
  18. Downes, T. A., & Zabel, J. E. (2002). The impact of school characteristics on house prices: Chicago 1987–1991. Journal of Urban Economics, 52(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00010-4
  19. Duncan-Shippy, E. M. (2019). Shuttered schools: Race, community, and school closures in American cities. Information Age Publishing, Inc.
  20. Duncombe, W., & Yinger, J. (2001). Does School District Consolidation Cut Costs? Center for Policy Research Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Syracuse University. https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/122/
  21. Engberg, J., Gill, B., Zamarro, G., & Zimmer, R. (2012). Closing schools in a shrinking district: Do student outcomes depend on which schools are closed? Journal of Urban Economics, 71(2), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2011.10.001
  22. Erickson, A. (2013, April 8). After the School Closings, the Real Estate Mess. Bloomberg. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-08/after-the-school-closings-the-real-estate-mess?embedded-checkout=true
  23. Finnigan, K. S., & Lavner, M. (2012). A Political Analysis of Community Influence over School Closure. The Urban Review, 44(1), 133–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-011-0179-9
  24. Gibbs, S. (2024, February 2). Guest Viewpoint: BVCS new school proposal one-sided. https://suncommunitynews.com/news/107544/guest-viewpoint-bvcs-new-school-proposal-one-sided/
  25. Good, R. M. (2017). Histories that root us: Neighborhood, place, and the protest of school closures in Philadelphia. Urban Geography, 38(6), 861–883. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2016.1182286
  26. Greenough, R., & Nelson, S. R. (2015). Recognizing the Variety of Rural Schools. Peabody Journal of Education, 90(2), 322–332. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2015.1022393
  27. Hu, Y., & Yinger, J. (2008). The Impact of School District Consolidation on Housing Prices. National Tax Journal, 61(4.1), 609–633. https://doi.org/10.17310/ntj.2008.4.03
  28. Innes-LeRoux, M. (2023, September 26). Location, location, location: Study finds the value of living close to a school. Brighter World (McMaster University). https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/location-location-location-study-finds-the-value-of-living-close-to-a-school/
  29. Irwin, B., & Seasons, M. (2012). School closure decision-making processes: Problems and prospects. Canadian Journal of Urban Research. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26193912.pdf?casa_token=yyeWO8VJLxoAAAAA:xm6e5eR0XEhXJqIjV-wSQskMa8ewAvbuTniU89TlK99A-9imlPUnQJOS3TPXY-m9u7Q2bluZzrsiUp1FovsDpYOoltvjuqzyVeZBXG9RVXDjjxzlLUk
  30. Isaksson, Z. (2023). The political effects of rural school closures – Evidence from Sweden. Journal of Rural Studies, 100, 103009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103009
  31. Johns, C., & MacLellan, D. (2020). Public administration in the cross‐hairs of evidence‐based policy and authentic engagement: School closures in Ontario. Canadian Public Administration, 63(1), 117–139. https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12360
  32. Karanxha, Z., Agosto, V., Black, W. R., & Effiom, C. B. (2013). School Consolidation and the Politics of School Closure Across Communities. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 16(3), 31–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555458913498477
  33. Kearns, R. A., Lewis, N., McCreanor, T., & Witten, K. (2009). ‘The status quo is not an option’: Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand. Journal of Rural Studies, 25(1), 131–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.08.002
  34. Kennedy, M. (2020, July 12). Newly merged district in New York selects architect for consolidated school. American School & University. https://www.asumag.com/facility-planning/article/21136464/newly-merged-district-in-new-york-selectes-architect-for-consolidated-school
  35. Lykke Sørensen, J. F., Haase Svendsen, G. L., Jensen, P. S., & Schmidt, T. D. (2021). Do rural school closures lead to local population decline? Journal of Rural Studies, 87, 226–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.09.016
  36. McCullum, A., & Merrefield, C. (2019, July 25). What happens to a community when a rural school closes? JournalistResources.Org. https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/what-happens-when-a-rural-school-closes/
  37. Merrall, J., Higgins, C. D., & Paez, A. (2023). What’s a School Worth to a Neighborhood? A Spatial Hedonic Analysis of Property Prices in the Context of Accommodation Reviews in Ontario. Geographical Analysis, gean.12377. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12377
  38. Owusu-Edusei, K., Espey, M., Lin, H., Owusu-Edusei, K., Espey, M., & Lin, H. (2007). Does Close Count? School Proximity, School Quality, and Residential Property Values. https://doi.org/10.22004/AG.ECON.6609
  39. Preston, J., & Barnes, K. E. R. (2018). Successful Leadership in Rural Schools: Cultivating Collaboration. The Rural Educator, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v38i1.231
  40. Rosburg, A., Isakson, H., Ecker, M., & Strauss, T. (2020). Beyond Standardized Test Scores:The Impact of a Public School Closure on House Prices. JOURNAL OF HOUSING RESEARCH, 26(2). https://friendsoffontanaschool.org/wp-content/uploads/Rosberg2017.pdf
  41. Sah, V., Conroy, S. J., & Narwold, A. (2016). Estimating School Proximity Effects on Housing Prices: The Importance of Robust Spatial Controls in Hedonic Estimations. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 53(1), 50–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-015-9520-5
  42. Schafft, K. A. (2016). Rural Education As Rural Development: Understanding the Rural School–Community Well-Being Linkage in a 21st-Century Policy Context. Peabody Journal of Education, 91(2), 137–154. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2016.1151734
  43. Sipple, J. W., Francis, J. D., & Fiduccia, P. C. (2019). Exploring the gradient: The economic benefits of ‘nearby’ schools on rural communities. Journal of Rural Studies, 68, 251–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.02.018
  44. Taghizadeh, J. L. (2020). Effects of school closures on displaced students and future cohorts. Labour Economics, 67, 101910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101910
  45. Tieken, M. C. (2014). Why rural schools matter. University of North Carolina Press.
  46. Tieken, M. C. (2017, August 14). Close a Rural School, Hurt a Rural Community. The Daily Yonder. https://dailyyonder.com/close-rural-school-hurt-rural-community/2017/08/14/
  47. Tieken, M. C. (2020, January 13). Analysis: The Real Cost of Closing Rural Schools. Daily Yonder. https://dailyyonder.com/analysis-the-real-cost-of-closing-rural-schools/2020/01/13/
  48. Tieken, M. C., & Auldridge-Reveles, T. R. (2019). Rethinking the School Closure Research: School Closure as Spatial Injustice. Review of Educational Research, 89(6), 917–953. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654319877151
  49. Tieken, M. C., & San Antonio, D. M. (2016). Rural Aspirations, Rural Futures: From “Problem” to Possibility. Peabody Journal of Education, 91(2), 131–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/0161956X.2016.1151733
  50. Wen, H., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, L. (2014). Do educational facilities affect housing price? An empirical study in Hangzhou, China. Habitat International, 42, 155–163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.12.004
  51. Williams, S., & Tieken, M. C. (2021). Commentary: Times Article on Rural School Misses Half the Story—Educational Success. The Rural Educator, 42(3), 72–73. https://doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v42i3.1289
  52. Witten, K., Kearns, R., Lewis, N., Coster, H., & McCreanor, T. (2003). Educational Restructuring from a Community Viewpoint: A Case Study of School Closure from Invercargill, New Zealand. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 21(2), 203–223. https://doi.org/10.1068/c05r

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