Kelly L. Patterson & Robert Mark Silverman 
Schools and Urban Revitalization [PDF ebook] 
Rethinking Institutions and Community Development

New research in community development shows that institutions matter. Where the private sector disinvests from the inner city, public and nonprofit institutions step in and provide engines to economic revitalization and promote greater equity in society. Schools and Urban Revitalization collects emerging research in this field, with special interest in new school-neighborhood partnerships that lead today’s most vibrant policy responses to urban blight.