Evidence-Based Design
In 2021, the Thacher School, located in Ojai, Calif., opened the doors to its project-based learning hub. The space was designed to support a multidisciplinary learning environment with collaborative common areas and classrooms that provide greater flexibility in their use.
Campus Amenities
Luxxbox, which provides acoustic and flexible workspace solutions, recently announced significant upgrades to its slimline acoustic LED system.
Podcast
Today’s guest is Kristin Moore, the Vice President of Market Segments at Armstrong World Industries. We'll talk about the importance of indoor environmental quality in creating and maintaining healthy learning spaces for kids.
Acoustics and Audio Enhancement Technologies
Access to intelligible, clear audio has never been more important with educators and students back in classrooms across the nation.
Campus Amenities
Birchwood Lighting recently announced the launch of a new set of acoustic luminaries and panels designed for large, open spaces. The BWA250 luminaries and panels are intended to provide both seamless illumination and sound dampening capabilities in environments like open office spaces, common areas and education spaces.
Campus Amenities
Islington Junior Middle School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which serves students in grades PreK–8, recently announced that it has installed new acoustic ceiling and wall tiles in four of its classrooms.
School Facilities
A career and technical high school in New Jersey has added new professional recording gear to one of its teaching spaces. County Prep High School, part of Hudson County Schools of Technology, added hardware from Solid State Logic (SSL), a UK-based company that manufactures analog and digital audio consoles for music and audio production. Students in the music and audio technology program learn how to write their own songs and produce their own music.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/29/21
Campus Facilities
An effort at the University of South Florida has resulted in nearly a hundred classrooms being readied for simultaneous remote and in-person learning. The updates included installation of touchless sound systems and dual cameras.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/10/21
Campus Facilities
Athens State University, located in Athens, Ga., recently installed Nureva HDL300 audio conferencing systems in almost 30 classrooms on campus.
Acoustics
When a physical space offers a little passive noise control, such as high cubicle walls, private offices or softer, sound-absorbing materials, the effects on the well-being of each person — as well as their productivity — can be profoundly impacted.
Acoustics
If there is not enough sound absorption in spaces for learning, they are overly loud, reverberant and stressful; not an environment conducive for effective education. Up to one of every four words cannot be understood by students in many classrooms, according to guidelines by the Acoustical Society of America.
Classroom Components
Why address comfort in the design of a learning space? When students are physically comfortable, they’re more at ease: They can relax, block out negative thoughts and focus more effectively on instruction.
- By Cindy Eggebrecht-Weinschreider
- 05/25/20
Components & Materials
Walls, ceilings and floors, along with all interior and other building elements, must meet budgetary, acoustic, resilience, sustainability and maintenance requirements, with builders weighing such factors and others. Here are some ways that schools are making their interiors stand out.
Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)
How Interface LVT brought peace of mind to the Reading Friends school building
Facilities (Walls, Ceilings & Floors)
- By Sarat Pratapchandran
- 09/01/19
Facility Focus (Libraries / Learning Commons)
Facility Focus (Libraries / Learning Commons)
Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)
Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Creating learning environments that positively impact students.
- By Angie Stutsman
- 06/01/18
- By Matthew McGregor, Robert Koehler
- 03/02/18
Impact on Learning
Impact on Learning
Facilities (Learning Spaces)
Today's educational trends require sound acoustical design.
- By Mark Lee, Lisa Sawin
- 06/01/17
Case Histories (Real-World Solutions)
Facilities and the conditions of the learning environment have an effect on students and staff.