Making the Grade With High Performance Flooring for K-12 Facilities
- By Jeff Balser, Bob Dagger
- 10/01/06
Workforce needs must be intimately connected to education and training as identified by employers. Community colleges are stepping forward to make this connection.
- By Shannon O'Connor
- 10/01/06
Certification programs help facility personnel make wise green choices when it comes to products and equipment.
New Haven's $1.5 billion school construction program is using advanced technology tools to design a new generation of school buildings that districts can afford to maintain.
- By Michael Fickes
- 10/01/06
Whatever your situation, learning to impart your valuable knowledge to others can improve your ability to make a difference in the world of higher education.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 10/01/06
Each year, school leaders throughout the country continue to strive towards meeting more aggressive efficiency goals, increasing facility upgrades, and setting higher goals for education about energy conservation.
- By Laura Helmke-Long
- 10/01/06
- By Dennis A Paoletti
- 10/01/06
Cohort survival projections suggest that what has happened in the recent past will continue. But if the community and its economics are changing, cohort survival can give a false reading. A much more thorough investigation of the community should be under
Make the best use of the time of every presenter — and, more importantly, every attendee — by paying attention to detail when organizing training sessions. At the end of the session, you will be glad you did.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 10/01/06
on that old floor? Forget it! Activity classes demand specialty flooring. School budgets need flexibility. Is there a floor that can handle every move?
More students seek employment on campus but are you in position to hire them?
- By Julie Sturgeon
- 08/01/06
Cool roofing is gaining in popularity due to its ability to reduce cooling and heating energy usage
A television broadcast of your school's announcements, news and events makes for a more effective communications tool than the old-fashioned PA system.
This new facility is designed to attract research talent and facilitate collaboration between public academic research, private for-profit science and medical products developers.
Thoughtful consideration of both current and future uses will yield effective spaces furnished with serviceable furniture that can be reconfigured for multiple uses
- By Jay B. Richards
- 08/01/06
RecycleMania is a six-year-old recycling contest that's sweeping the nation, as evidenced by the fact that this year's contest included 93 schools from 33 states.
Lately, the media has carried numerous articles about the Avian Flu. Articles that I have read focused largely on reports of new cases.
The future of our way of life will be determined in American classrooms. Should safety, order, and discipline be lacking, we will clearly not fare as well.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 08/01/06
Before calling an architect, a school district should have its own educational long-range plan focused on the numbers of students to be served, the district's educational program and the way instruction will take place.
We are now in a third period of school design, which is closely related to changing ideas of how children learn, and the role of new cognitive techniques and revolutionary technologies available to educators.
- By Gavin Macrae-Gibson
- 08/01/06
The future of our way of life will be determined in American college classrooms. Should safety, order and discipline be lacking, we will clearly not fare as well.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- 08/01/06