PreK-12 Ed


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.

What Difference Can Learning Style Make?

By understanding learning style at the pre-planning phase of a project, you have an opportunity to plan for optimal learner-centered classrooms that foster improved attitudes, behavior, and achievement.

Preventing School Weapons Assaults

While school weapons assaults are relatively rare events, it is a good idea to periodically re-evaluate strategies in place to reduce the likelihood that a tragic weapons assault will occur on campus.

Wood Makes a Statement

The Gunter Primary School was built using a wood frame, and the resulting structure is both cost effective and visually appealing.

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.

Educational Planning -- Facilitated Planning Strategy

When creating exciting and new learning environments, one significant dilemma often presents itself, and that is how to have both the educational and parent communities not only accept but embrace proposed changes

Stop Sitting Still This Instant

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

A New-Urbanist Model of Learning

The new Walker Creek Elementary School in North Richland Hills is designed around long- and short-term flexibility to accommodate various activities, groups, and varied models of learning. Its learning environment is meant to be experimental and inspiring

The Building Envelope

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

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.”

Bumps are Old School

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

Distractions With Legs

Don't let pests be part of the“in crowd;” keep them out with proper facility maintenance.

Technology for Productivity

At this middle school, technology enhances and assists in the learning process to create a highly motivating atmosphere.

More Sticker Shock

School construction cost increases slowed in 2006, but analysts predict a return to sticker shock.

Modular Construction

Much-Needed High School Built on Navajo Reservation in Eight Months

Communication Systems

How should school administrators and staff communicate with the outside world in a time of emergency?

Final Thought: School Districts Have Learning Problem

So much for concern about the evidence of &#34detrimental effects of large high school size."

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