Is built-in school furniture becoming a thing of the past?
Effective safety requires that ability to periodically assess our safety and emergency preparedness measures in a critical manner.
Schools, education, teaching and learning, as we define them today, will change dramatically within the next decade. The alignment of five powerful current issues will compel all in education to inspect the practices of the past and realign thinking for t
Education-related professionals talk about what is happening in the areas of planning, design, architecture, legislation, energy management and security.
School facility professionals who apply for the Facilities Masters Award will gain valuable insight into how their facility operations programs compare to national standards for excellence.
Moving custodial services to the district level has proven to be a wise choice for Boyd County Schools. Within 60 days of implementing the program, we began receiving accolades from the teaching staff, letters of approval from the Health Department and po
When a safety incient occurs at a school, there are almost always indications of poor supervision of people, places or things.
Before any school district builds new facilities, it should conduct a demographic study so that it has a reasonably accurate picture of the number of students who are going to be in the schools during the next five and 10 years, and of the overall trend (
The danger of building your budget for school construction upon short-term, as opposed to long-term, costs is not academic theory.
Here's what administrators at Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Ky., are doing to prevent deferred maintenance issues.
As more and more systems move toward using IP-based devices connected to the local building data network, the owner has to determine how those IP-based devices will obtain the DC power required for them to operate.
One way to keep school environments more healthful is to take advantage of relatively new technology involving UVC lamps installed in the air conditioning system.
Here is what administrators at Jefferson County Public Schools in Loiusville, Ky., are doing to prevent deferred maintenance issues.
Restroom problems aren't unique to public schools in the U.S., but there are some solutions to the problem, and this man has been working on getting those solutions out into the public realm.
This past year saw a renewed interest in reforming our public education system with areas of particular interest including school size, the use of technology and community involvement.
Liz Murray very clearly made the case for the value of schools where every individual gets attention, where counselors and teachers deal with a reasonable number of students by name.
While the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law impacts teachers, students and schools throughout the nation, it also impacts education facility planners.
According to a recent study, potential teachers are influenced by their impressions of the educational facilities in which they will be working during the interview process.
From the roof to the lights and everything in-between, building systems are being re-evaluated for the K-12 market. What are some changes that may make there way into your school's next building?
By far the most common systems are standard fire alarm sounders and detectors. Unfortunately, people are so accustomed to false alarms that they often fail to immediately evacuate when the alarm sounds.