LEAH ENGELHARDT
JAY HENSON II
CONTENTS
WHY EDUCATION?
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CURRENT PROBLEMS
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THESIS
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PSEUDO CODE
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NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHICS
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EDUCATIONAL SPINE
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DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT
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SCHOOL BOUNDARIES
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RESULTANT SCENARIOS
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REFERENCES
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WHY EDUCATION? Education is the most powerful tool in which you can use to change the world.
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1 Strong Educational System
2 Builds Community
3 Retains Citizens
4 Pride in Community
5 Promote Community
6 Draws People to Community
7 Enhances the Economy
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CURRENT PROBLEMS The current problems that Spokane faces today is the logic of neighborhood and school boundaries and how they are unassociated with one another, the disconnection between education and city resources, and the lack of diversity within the high schools.
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1 Logic of Neighborhood & School Boundaries
2 Lack of Diversity in High Schools
3 Disassociation Between Education & City Resources
SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS GRADUATING
WHITE AND ASIAN STUDENTS GRADUATING
92% 98% BEFORE COMMUNITY CENTER
RO C K V I L L E C E N T R E G R A D U AT I O N I M P RO V E M E N T
AFTER COMMUNITY CENTER
S T U D E N T S G R A D U AT I N G 7
THESIS
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WHAT ARE WE DOING? + Enabling a broader spectrum of educational experiences for people.
WHY ARE WE DOING IT? + To create a more diverse and integrated community
HOW ARE WE DOING IT? + Utilizing Smart City Opportunities: Analyzing Real-Time Neighborhood Demographics + Changing High School Boundaries + Introducing Educational ‘Spines’ + Developing a collection of infrastructure to support educational opportunities
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PSEUDO CODE
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Neighborhood income does not affect Average School Boundary Income School Boundary Stays the same
Collect and Analyze Smart City Real-Time Demographics
Neighborhood income affects Average School Boundary Income
Reconfigure School Boundaries to correspond with Average Income Range
Evaluate City Resources along School Boundaries and Derive Educational Spine
*building a relationship between the city and university
Relocate University Building to mimic Services
Place Educational Nodes along spine & Near University Buildings
Economic Shift
*making education available for everyone
*maintain diversity within schools
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NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHICS Currently there is a distinct variation in the amount of economically disadvantaged students* in each high school. With smart city technologies we want to tackle this problem, bringing equality among the school district and diversity within each high schools.
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$70,000+
43%
FERRIS HIGH SCHOOL
38%
LEWIS AND CLARK HIGH SCHOOL
55%
NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
77%
ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL
48%
SHADLE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
$50,000 - $70,000 $40,000 - $50,000 $30,000 - $40,000 < $30,000
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHICS
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS
An economically disadvantaged student is one that comes from a family that meets the requirements for programs such as free or reduced lunches. *
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EDUCATIONAL SPINE Using the new high school boundaries and analyzing the nearby city resources, a single pathway or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Educational Spineâ&#x20AC;? is derived, along which university buildings would be situated. The educational spine will have interconnections with city, university, and high school resources. With a high school-universitycity relationship, the resources will have a greater ability to influence and support one another. The high school will have the opportunities to use the university resources such as libraries and research labs. The university will have the ability to utilize city resources, decreasing necessary infrastructure. Having the university buildings spread throughout the city will boost the economy in multiple areas creating a dynamic shift in the economy 14
+ W H AT I S I T A N D W H AT D O E S I T N E E D TO A C C O M P L I S H ?
1 Route to create citizen accessibility to resources
2 Route to create connectivity between education and city resources
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DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT A demographic shift is when the median household income average for a neighborhood changes. Any shift will result in a reconfiguration of the high school boundaries so that the economically disadvantaged students are equally distributed between the schools. By making sure there is equality among the school district there will also be diversity within each high school. Students with varying economic standings will be grouped together rather than having a disperse between each school.
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EXISTING
SCENARIO A
SCENARIO B
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SCHOOL BOUNDARIES The resultant school boundaries illustrate the qualities of the adaptive system. This adaptive system will ensure all students experience a diverse school system and in turn, an increase in graduation rates.
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EXISTING
SCENARIO A
SCENARIO B
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RESULTANT SCENARIOS The following are two different examples of how with smart city technologies we can create an educated city...
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SCENARIO A
SCENARIO B
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SCENARIO A
RELEVANT SERVICES
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UNIVERSITY SPINE
RESPONSIVE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS
ACCESS ROUTES
EDUCATIONAL NODES
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SCENARIO B
RELEVANT SERVICES
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UNIVERSITY SPINE
RESPONSIVE UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS
ACCESS ROUTES
EDUCATIONAL NODES
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REFERENCES
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