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Proven Tactics to Prevent Campus Weapons Assaults

Implementing a comprehensive and realistic strategy can reduce the chances of a weapons assault on your campus.

Improving Efficiency with Web-Native Operations Tools

It's embedded in the culture of the district. If I took it away… there would be a riot!

Closing In: The Truly Convergent Device

For the first time, a device that evolved from a cell phone ancestor will provide a reasonable alternative for a laptop. Convergence is most certainly in sight.

Restrooms & Locker Rooms

Once humans decided to opt for more privacy, there was the need to develop more durable and vandal-resistant materials and designs to be used in our privies.

Competitive Edge

A high-quality safety program is a must for any organization that wants to maximize its competitive edge

Stop Sitting Still This Instant

K-12 chair and desk designers are responding to research that says fidgeting is good for students.

Necessary Luxury

More than a place to do your business, restrooms and locker rooms have elevated their status. Are your johns keeping up with the Joneses?

The Benefits of Full-Spectrum Lighting?

Full-spectrum lighting manufacturers make a lot of claims as to their products' advantages. Should you believe everything you read?

Schools Should Be Part of Their Community

The school could still be central to the project, but the result would be a building serving the entire community.

You Can Always Hear the Music

When the district was faced with the challenge of upgrading and expanding a school for the arts, the alumni and a school- and community-based foundation convinced them to save, upgrade, and add on to the old building, with spectacular results.

Fire Safety Inspections: Less Can Be More

Establishing a prioritized schedule for fire inspections on your campus allows for the best use of resources.

Uncovering the Past

When the district was faced with the need to address how to resolve the condition issues at Hillsborough High School, they found themselves undoing a former“remuddling.”

Coping with Increased Costs

Nobody wants increased construction costs. Establishing a sound approach up front can help avoid surprises while eliminating or minimizing extra financial expenditures.

Bumps are Old School

Survey finds that speed signs are highly effective on residential streets and around school zones.

Long-Term Planning and Institutional Stewardship

Master planning for the ongoing stewardship of your campus helps to create a valuable, efficient, and timeless sense of place.

The Building Envelope

Designs and materials open up some new dimensions in green architecture for schools.

Pushing the Envelope

A thin skin — your building's envelope — separates outside from in. How can you avoid common pitfalls in its design, even when the climate is extreme?

More Than Music to Their Ears

Have you heard the one about colleges using iPods as a teaching tool? Better listen in, because students certainly are.

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