The school as a catalyst of urban regeneration

A large number of interventions on urban context loose their efficiency in the aiming of urban regeneration, as they do not consider to promote integrally the social and cultural improvement of the life conditions in the neighbourhood. Considering the importance of the school in the life of the community, it is seems useful to include school transformation as a part of a comprehensive revitalization plan and the actions simultaneously developed in housing and schools. In these paper it is proposed an analysis of the role of the school in the community efforts of revitalization in some chosen cases of different urban contexts, where revitalization efforts have considered how school reform can contribute to the success and sustainability of the neighbourhood regeneration. Adopting an integrated approach it is pretended to discuss a “box of tools” to interpret and manage the efficiency of social and cultural regeneration.