Adaptive reuse of a courthouse as two 500-student schools illustrates typical challenges and solutions.
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.
Keeping school computers secure is not as easy as you might think.
A federal program called Safe Routes To School funds programs that encourage kids to walk to school.
It is important to incorporating fire protection design during school renovations.
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.
School Planning & Management asked experts who are involved in various education-related fields to describe what they see as new and significant changes in regard to K-12 education. Their responses are as follows.
Funds for the first phase of a planned school building program have been released after teams of architects and engineers assess hundreds of schools for the state.
A Little Bit of Technology for a Lot of Learning
More and more schools are insisting that their cleaning is green.
It takes preplanning to get the most effective results.
A California school district gets a (really big) facelift
Since January is the month to look towards the future, then December should be the time to look back at what happened this past year.
No doubt that building codes are complex and difficult to discuss in general terms. Still, facility managers need to know something of building codes for accomplishing school maintenance and repairs.
A high-quality cleaning program when combined with the use of good hygiene practices, such as hand washing, and diligence on the part of school personnel all contribute to minimizing the chance for MRSA or any other infection to affect our students.
Pinpointing areas for saving energy and preserving the environment.