This unique playground initiative is giving Denver Public Schools' elementary children a place to learn and play, building neighborhood pride, and providing graduation credits, AmeriCorps Campus Compact tuition vouchers, and experience to University o
A new report entitledThe State of School Safety in American Schools 2004-2005” speaks of sexual assault, violent cliques and violent parents as commonplace in the nations schools.
Every disaster offers lessons on emergency preparedness. Katrina is no exception.
Recent technological advances have certainly had an effect on education, but don't give all the credit to the computer, the Internet or the World-Wide-Web.
The field of education is rife with bullying prevention programs.
In the course of a few days, hundreds of schools in Louisiana and Mississippi were virtually erased. How will the Gulf coast rebuild its educational infrastructure?
A new national study by a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher found that large, high-poverty middle and high schools are most likely to take disciplinary action.
When school budgets tighten, maintenance managers feel the pinch right away. Facility and maintenance directors share their most effective cost-cutting ideas.
Asbestos has been linked to serious and often fatal health problems. The fibers can easily penetrate body tissues especially the airways and lungs where they can remain undetected for years.
In virtually every school construction project, there comes a time when the desires of the educators clash with the realities of the budget.
As I have for the past six years in this column, I urge readers to avail themselves of quality free resources.
Giving your students the best for the performing arts should include the best possible acoustical environment — whether that's an auditorium, gym or cafetorium.
Physical and health education in schools needs to be about more than winning "The President's Physical Fitness Award" and receiving a patch it needs to be about developing a healthy way of life.
How well are schools doing in adhering to the ADA guidelines?
Here's how administrators at Spokane Public Schools make sure all teachers have the furniture they need.
The results from a new survey of the largest K-12 public school districts in the nation indicate that the school systems that had model five-year master plans were more likely to have fewer problems in the school construction process.
Evaluate school safety information with a critical eye to the future as well as the past.
Investing in all kinds of technology makes sense for many reasons, not the least of which include improved education, productivity and efficiency for real financial savings.
Time was, interior designs for schools imitated the worst examples of institutional blandness. But times change.
Too little thinking goes into the development of new concepts and new understanding of how children learn, concepts that often are spoken about by teachers, principals and others but are seldom reflected in the schools we build.