Students in America miss approximately 14 million school days per year because of asthma, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Controlling exposure to indoor environmental factors, like carbon monoxide, dust, and pollen, could
Teachers offer tips on organizational mskills
The tremendous changes in the culture that surrounds and impacts education have created both crisis and opportunity.
A violent act on this Pittsburgh campus showed fellow administrators just how important crisis planning can be.
Purchasing officers bring strategic value to their institutions while meeting the equipment and supply needs of administrators, faculty, and students.
I am sure that many of you still think that the high-performance school movement is just another fad or another expense that you can't afford. In reality, in a few more years the hype will die down — not because the movement has faded, but becau
How site assessment and soil remediation practices
can help keep schools safe.
Today's campuses continue moving into the future in many innovative and exciting directions.
Environmental regulators have targeted K-12 schools. How can you avoid violations and fines?
I have learned many things in my nearly 20 years in plant services management.
Colleges and universities are finding themselves under the EPA microscope.
Universities are discovering new ways to add some dollars to the bottom line, but turning a profit from auxiliary centers isn't an automatic slam-dunk.
Social networking is a good thing — if students and educators are properly taught how to be safe. This raises two questions: What is social networking, and how can students and educators be taught?
Solar roofing systems can provide an important energy source that also helps to address sustainability concerns.
Fences may make good neighbors, but locks don't seem to me to be a good way to deal with normal teenagers acting inappropriately.
This is the start of a new year a year that will likely show increases in school construction, a greater acceptance of "green" applications in general, and a rise in debates about the money spent to upgrade our schools.
A number of professionals who specialize in school facility issues talk about what is happening in their areas of expertise.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is focused on providing modern residential facilities for all its undergraduate students.
or most educators, the relationship between instruction and facilities is tenuous at best. Many will pass their entire careers adapting how they teach to existing spaces to which they are assigned. Opportunities to shape their environment are typically li
SDCS has found an innovative way to save energy and cut costs, and they plan to expand it to all of their facilities through time.
Universities are discovering new ways to add some dollars to the bottom line, but turning a profit from auxiliary centers isn't an automatic slam-dunk.