PreK-12 Ed


Charged Up and Ready To Learn

Maintaining connectivity in school buildings requires more than bandwidth. Finding the latest "must-have" technology to engage students may boil down to keeping their batteries charged throughout the day.

An Opportunity to be Creative

There are a number of reasons why closing a school may not be the best choice.

The President's FY2015 Education Budget

On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, President Obama announced his proposed 2015 Fiscal Year Budget. In recent years, the President’s budget has become more of a ritual than a reality. Maybe better described as a White House wish list. Though required by statute, these budgets are usually dead on arrival and until last year, nothing was ever resolved quickly or on time.

Repeat Offenses

Ways to keep track of violations and monitor efforts to correct them.

Design For Outdoor Learning

Design For Outdoor Learning

It's not just the playground anymore.

Initiatives Go From Novel To Norm

How to get on board with improving the health of your school.

school building products and materials

Pleasing and Green

What's new in building products and materials?

The Power of the Partnership

Shared use practices support a growth mantra that active children learn better.

Saving Crucial Education Dollars

A case study in business service consolidation.

School Roofs Aren

School Roofs Aren't What They Used To Be

Sustainable, teachable roofs are beginning to replace asphalt and black membrane roofs.

Creating Healthy Schools

Creating Healthy Schools

What to do with the growing body of research documenting the benefits of healthy schools.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Basic approach looks like natural surveillance.

The Wired Classroom

The Wired Classroom

Using technology in a way that is advantageous to the students and teachers.

Mixed Messages

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

Enabling BYOD and other mobile strategies.

Smaller School Districts

Smaller District, Greater Rewards

Manchester, Conn.'s school consolidation plan shows where facilities, student achievement and state reimbursements intersect.

Saving Big With Cooperative Purchasing

Saving Big With Cooperative Purchasing

Cooperative purchasing allows districts and schools to stretch their limited dollars. Here's how.

School Emergency Communications Systems

This Is An Emergency: Listen Up

Are you using mass notification and emergency communications systems to clearly instruct students, parents, faculty and staff?

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