The appearance and features that make up an institution's exterior environment are almost as important as its indoor spaces. Well-designed and maintained outdoor spaces provide places for both interaction and learning and can have a significant impact on
The New Year has arrived and with it our 50th anniversary. School Planning & Management has been covering education since 1962. Over the last 50 years, we have seen drastic changes in publishing, the country and education.
Higher-ed pedagogy is adjusting to a student-centered style of education, multiple learning modalities, and technology. Until very recently, faculty have been "digital immigrants," while today's students are "digital natives" who are a
As outdoor learning spaces become more and more incorporated in school design, one can't help but ask, what needs to be considered when designing them to ensure that they're useful? The experts have several thoughts.
Higher education is not immune to international competition. Not all that long ago, the United States was "the" place to go for a college education; foreign students were scrambling to attend U.S. colleges and universities. But that is changing
This holistic PACT model is fundamentally different than most programs as it provides one person as a "go-to" source, thereby eliminating the frustration that students experience when assistance is fragmented into segregated silos, such as singl
Fundamental changes must occur within our schools if we wish to prepare American students to compete in the world economy. The necessary changes will require the integration of classroom technology, changes to classroom configurations and funding for retr
With students, faculty, staff, security officers, and campus police officers integrated into a campus security effort, well-integrated security technology will work faster, better, and more effectively.
What does the future hold? College Planning & Management asks industry leaders what to expect in the upcoming year
and the answers may surprise you.
2012 isn't easy to predict, but the future isn't necessarily bleak. Carrying on our beginning-of-the-year tradition, here is what we can look forward to during 2012, from the viewpoint of several people who dedicate their time and talents for th
This is a critical time for the American community college. I've seen what can happen when an industry ignores the need for innovation and reform from within, and it's certain that higher education is headed down the same path if we do not respond. Now is
Zero tolerance originally addressed illegal activities like selling drugs. Over time, however, the policy has broadened in scope to include behaviors that pose no threat to others such as truancy and even dress code violations. Student protestors call zer
What I've learned is that there are some changes that I happily embrace and there are others that I simply need to force myself to accept as part of doing business or living life. Either way, I now know that, no matter what, change is going to happen
There are numerous criteria to consider in the design of a K-12 kitchen and cafeteria. There is a lot of planning that should and must be done. It's a lot easier to plan for and provide the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, space, adjacencies and dur
In far too many places, Title I money is filling budget gaps rather than being used to close achievement gaps. In a plan for this year's reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, the Obama administration proposes closing the loopholes in the current compar
Retrofitting 
with window film is also a more cost-
effective option than installing new windows. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy's laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), says that &&a
No matter what your memories are of school days gone by, there can be little debate about today's need for improved building security. Meeting the need to protect students, staff and visitors requires the effective implementation of access control me
Today commercial grade windows for K-12 classroooms often include internal features that contribute to students' thermal comfort. One such feature is between-the-glass venetian blinds (sometimes called interstitial, internal or integral blinds).
Modern K-12 school designs can take advantage of three different technologies that give schools forward-looking capabilities: administrative technologies, educational technologies and smart building technologies.
The EPA's first-ever federal guidelines for locating school facilities encourage high-performance schools, stress the importance of locating schools near populations and infrastructure and promote schools as diverse centers of communities. They urge commu
Risk and vulnerability for today's school environment is of great concern to not just school boards, administrators and teachers, but also to parents and other students. The technology behind IT security and vulnerability is often too much for a scho