Performing arts facilities can have capabilities ranging from the basic multipurpose school venues to some that rival the most sophisticated commercial theaters.
How can school administrators prepare for a pandemic? Here are some steps to begin the process.
Schools with clustered classrooms may not break the overall mold, but they represent agiant half step” that any district and any architect can take towards those flexible, flowing schools for the 21st Century.
Other countries are matching and surpassing our educational attainments.
Classroom acoustics play an undeniable role in learning. Are your students hanging on their teacher's every word, or are they distracted by the noise?
Seventeen years after the enactment of the ADA, architects say accessible design requirements often work for people with — and without — disabilities.
Technology in the workplace is one of the latest and greatest additions to the toolbox for maintenance directors. We should embrace technology, and not scurry away from it like a rabbit from a fox.
Here are five factors that school administrators must consider to determine if they should renovate an existing building or build a new one.
Many districts in this country have found themselves in the position of needing to improve their educational facilities, yet lacking the information needed to procure the funding.
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 company's, district's or organization's employees are one of their greatest assets, which is why it is worthwhile to have a person-centered employee retention plan.
Have you noticed that every time a legislative body, or a politician, or a think-tank thinker gets around to looking at schools, the emphasis is on money first, and education, if at all, a distant second?
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.
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?
Environmental regulators have targeted K-12 schools. How can you avoid violations and fines?
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.