SP&M Article Archive
School Planning & Management's vast database of articles is a valuable tool for anyone who plans, designs, equips, maintains and operates pK-12 schools nationwide. Popular topics include facilities, safety & security, technology, business, finance and the learning environment. Articles are displayed in chronological order, beginning with the most recent.
Editor's Note (The View From Here)
- By Jerry Enderle
- June 1st, 2017
Safety & Security
How Building Design Concepts and Smart Security Technology Can Help.
- By Michael S. Dorn
- June 1st, 2017
Building Blueprints (Facilities in Focus)
When students become the masters of their own learning.
- By Terry Hoyle, Rob Winstead
- June 1st, 2017
Ask the Expert: Purchasing and Procurement
- By Duff Erholtz
- June 1st, 2017
Maintenance & Operations
Is your school division reactionary or proactive?
- By John A. Bailey
- June 1st, 2017
Sustainable Schools
Energy is controllable and manageable, so the opportunity for savings is large.
- By Terry Taylor
- June 1st, 2017
Emerging Technology
It isn't the '90s anymore.
- By Glenn Meeks
- June 1st, 2017
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Today's educational trends require sound acoustical design.
- By Mark Lee, Lisa Sawin
- June 1st, 2017
The impact of a modernized school can be transformative. An updated facility can enhance teacher recruitment, retention and commitment, and students reap benefits in behavior and heath, engagement and learning.
- By Kathleen Langan, Philip Artin
- June 1st, 2017
Safety & Security
Architecture firm’s proposed design makes progressive school more secure.
- By Robin Whitehurst, Damon Luke Wilson
- June 1st, 2017
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Sidney High School also betters its energy efficiency.
Business
Collaboration is the art and science of combining people's talents, skills, and knowledge to achieve a common goal.
- By Mike Raible, Andrew LaRowe
- June 1st, 2017
Hot Tips (Color Pavement Marking)
- By Karen Dinitz
- June 1st, 2017
Lawmakers appear to be sending early signals of independence to the Trump administration on education budget issues.
- By Fritz Edelstein
- May 5th, 2017
Hot Tips: School Bathrooms
- By Cyrus D. Boatwalla
- May 1st, 2017