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The Kids Are Alright

Generation NeXt is coming to your school. How these kids think and what they want will inform your building choices. Is your campus ready for the new crop of students?

Moving Beyond the ADA

Designing for all children in schools, pre-K and early childhood programs.

Court’s Adjourned, School’s in Session

Adaptive reuse of a courthouse as two 500-student schools illustrates typical challenges and solutions.

Where's the Fire?

Schools have many ways to disseminate information about fire and life safety protocols. How should they use them and when?

Cyber Security

Keeping school computers secure is not as easy as you might think.

Privacy Invasion

Universities unveil new ways of safeguarding the keys to the electronic data kingdom.

Waterproofing and Insulation

To be efficient, a school needs to be secure against the weather, including water, wind, heat, and cold. This means it needs to be watertight and well insulated.

The Furniture of Science

New furniture and furnishings support new approaches to science instruction.

Technology Impacts Parking Safety

Converging technology systems and design measures helps maximize security in campus parking facilities.

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Green Roof Technologies

Green Roof Technologies

Digital Living on Campus

Today's college students are some of technology's earliest adapters and, as such, expect tech-savvy homes, whether off campus or on.

Long-Term Financial Planning for Districts

New sources of fiscal distress, demographic shifts such as the aging population and the increasing size of minority groups, and globalization are transforming the education landscape and creating new curriculum and financial challenges.

Walk This Way

A federal program called Safe Routes To School funds programs that encourage kids to walk to school.

Waterproofing and Insulation

Special attention must be paid to weatherize points of infiltration on the building envelope. Here are some specifics to keep in mind.

Planning That Saves Lives

It is important to incorporating fire protection design during school renovations.

Interactive Whiteboards

A Little Bit of Technology for a Lot of Learning

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