Steelcase Education is seeking partners in active learning that are ready to use their physical classroom space to advance learning in new and important ways, so they have established Active Learning Grants. furniture, integrated technology, design, installation and post-occupancy evaluation for one of three classroom types designed for 28 - 32 students.
Grants can be used to put programs, personnel and resources in place to sustain successful initiatives long term.
An energy initiative that works for the environment and school divisions.
It's anti-intuitive, but raising the initial cost of a new school or other capital purchase can reduce total cost of ownership.
A new bio-based phase-change material is providing HVAC savings.
Can schools be rewarded with lower insurance costs by taking steps to reduce risk? A new program shows how it can be done.
The mid-term election results are already having an impact on education policy at the national and state levels. With Republicans winning the majority in the Senate, increasing their majority margin in the House, adding more governors and continuing control of many state legislatures will affect the direction of education policy, priorities and practice for at least the next two years, and possibly longer.
Recent polls have surveyed public attitudes toward school voucher and charter school programs. Last year, a Gallup poll found that 70 percent of Americans opposed school vouchers, the highest percentage in two decades of polling on the question. The public's view of charter schools is positive. A 2014 Gallup poll found that support for charter schools rose to 70 percent, up from 68 percent in 2013.