PreK-12 Ed


If the Building Fits, Use It

Adaptive reuse provides a viable alternative to renovation and addition or new construction for the K-12 market.

Instant Classrooms

Modular construction, both temporary and permanent, has become an increasingly attractive option for many school districts for a number of reasons.

The 65 Percent Solution

Investing a small amount of money to keep things in running condition will result in large savings for districts and better grades for students.

Defending the Bathroom

How principals and manufacturers are working to protect school restrooms from students.

Enhancing Roofing Performance

A good roof is as crucial as a good foundation if you want your school building to last. Here's how several districts deal with making sure their roofs are maintained.

School Health Office Facilities

School nurses have learned the importance of providing input during the planning stages of new construction, renovations and remodeling projects.

Using Windows and Doors to Provide Safety and Security

Is it possible for schools — specifically window and door elements — to look good and offer protection at the same time?

Grade Configurations

It is essential that school administrators and school boards seek community input when making decisions to change the grade configurations for their school district

Profiles of Successful Schools

Everyone will agree that a "successful" school must enhance the students' learning, but we may not agree on how that success is measured — or maybe we do.

Using Windows and Doors to Provides Safety and Security

Is it possible for schools — specifically window and door elements — to look good and offer protection at the same time?

Who's Maintaining What?

Schools do spend a lot of money on maintenance each year but not enough to keep up with need.

FIRST DAYS IN SCHOOL

A plan for designing an effective and useful early childhood education center.

ACOUSTICS TAKE THE LEAD IN CLASSROOM DESIGN

Using a national standard, administrators can be sure classrooms are planned and designed to achieve excellent acoustics.

Editor's Notebook -- A LOOK AT BUILDING COMMISSIONING

Many schools look at commissioning as an extra, unnecessary layer in an already expensive construction process but when measured against the savings to the annual utility bill, the lower costs for maintenance and operations, and improvements to the learn

Makover

Do any of your schools need a cosmetic makeover that also serves to make them safer?

A GOOD RESOURCE

Creating small learning communities within large high schools takes more than a declaration of intent. It takes commitment and agreement among faculty, administrators, students and parents.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES

As we look to the future, planning physical education spaces in educational environments may present a challenge to develop a more direct relationship between traditional teaching/learning spaces and gross motor activity spaces.

FROM GREENBUILD TO DEBRIS FIELD: REFLECTIONS OF A VOLUNTEER

We saw first hand the aftermath of one of the greatest disasters in our history and stood with people of indomitable spirit dedicated to rebuilding their community and the schools within them.

Be Prepared

Successful disaster recovery depends on preventing or limiting the impact of disasters before they occur.

MANAGING A NATIONWIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Bureau of Indian Affairs uses a client-server system to keep track of the maintenance needs of its 7,465 buildings.

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