Are we making progress? Is it happening fast enough? Are we doing the right thing for our kids? Losing a generation of children while we get our act together cannot be an option.
In today's raw, aggressive world, it seems important to bar a parent with that idea from entering. That's just one of many reasons that schools, today, typically lock all exterior doors and have a hall monitor to greet and question anyone trying
- By Michael Fickes
- 06/01/12
Costs have come down and schools are looking at new ways to show their commitment to technology, not only to their students, but to the community as well. What they're finding is that digital signage displays have multiple uses across the school, mak
- By Christine Beitenhaus
- 06/01/12
Since every school system and school in the country is required to have a wellness policy under a renewed federal law, each district and building can include a "third E" in its Wellness Policy for Eliminate Properly.
New approaches to AV management and controls have led to increased flexibility with the use of open-source products.
- By Christine Beitenhaus
- 06/01/12
The biggest obstacle to the Bucknell Lewisburg Community Development efforts was the status quo: A community that was generally comfortable with how it looked and a University that saw no compelling reason to do something different from what it had been d
- By Brian C. Mitchell, David Yeager
- 06/01/12
The need for supplies and materials is certainly great, and membership in gifts-in-kind organizations allows schools to obtain a great deal of merchandise for an extremely low administrative cost. Schools can browse catalogs of donated supplies and reques
The start of fall for most of our programs is the start of a new budget year and a flurry of life-safety construction projects that we hope to complete before students return from summer vacation. It should also be a time when we look back at the past yea
Through creative design decisions to address previous problem areas and well-thought-out strategies to maximize FEMA funding, the University of Texas Medical Branch has emerged from the impact of Hurricane Ike with not only improved functionality, but als
- By Dan Caren, Richard Miller, Erin Machac
- 05/01/12
We all know that clean, quiet, safe, comfortable and healthy environments are an important component of successful teaching and learning. But which facility attributes affect academic outcomes the most and in what manner and degree? A growing body of rese
There are not many days left on Congress' working calendar to complete legislation and appropriations. The shortened calendar enables members of Congress to attend party conventions and campaign for their re-election, except for those who are retiring. Pl
- By Fritz Edelstein
- 05/01/12
Recovery is a phase of emergency management that often does not receive proper attention. Yet, like the response phase, the time to make plans is not when the incident occurs, but before. There are necessary elements to a recovery plan that should be deve
- By Stephen Satterly
- 05/01/12
Getting talented women into male-dominated careers is one struggle, while keeping them is another. The issue is especially apparent in STEM careers, which are extremely important to the global economy. Attracting and retaining more women in STEM careers w
An innovative adaptive reuse project transformed an ancient industrial building, the Skinner Organ Company built in 1905, into a 21st-century charter school for fifth and sixth graders at Boston Collegiate Charter School.
- By Michael Fickes
- 05/01/12
No question
today's community colleges play a vital role in serving both a diverse student body and the community in which they are located, and it's time for us to give credit where credit is due.
The Varick Street Incubator is successful, in part, because it stands as an example of how a tight budget does not necessarily limit the ability of a creative team of architects, designers, and administrators to create an impactful and vibrant space. Crea
- By Laura Nemerson
- 05/01/12
Expanding the arts into more areas of university teaching has been a trendy topic in recent years. A recent report by the College Board recommended "placing arts at the core of education" and "integrating arts across the curriculum," i
Many fatal campus crisis situations involve critical of delays in the implementation of life-saving action steps such as room clear, lockdown, sheltering from severe weather, reverse evacuation, or other critical action steps. Catastrophic plan failure ca
After some trial and error, administrators at Great Valley School District, Rio Rancho Public Schools and Forest Grove School District have worked the kinks out of their contracted services and have established successful relationships with their provider
Learning on the college campus moved beyond the lecture hall years ago. Distance learning solutions are the wave of the future, as students and faculty demand more flexibility in learning and teaching. While a successful distance learning plan can bring i
- By Danielle Przyborowski
- 05/01/12
The Department of Education Report, "Impact of Charter Schools on School Districts," states that half of traditional school districts created new programs in response to charter schools. But while charters do create competition and encourage inn