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Nature Teaches Lessons

Norris school facilities emerged better than ever after a tornado's devastation because of a shared spirit of cooperation and community pride.

Designing Healthy Schools Our Children Deserve

Our schools buildings and campuses are cultural artifacts demonstrating the heart of our collective beliefs and dreams. By fostering a culture of monolithic, impersonal school citadels and fortresses, we risk losing the very soul of our communities and th

Bring on the Night

Outdoor lighting can illuminate people and property, conserve energy, and protect the night sky.

Snow and Ice Management Checklist for School Administrators

Snow and ice management is an important responsibility for school administrators.

Final Thought column

Banning tag and other children's activities is not a proper educational response to the problem of litigation.

Vendable Reading

How can schools manage growing collections and shrinking spaces? Automated library storage and retrieval systems provide a nifty solution to a burgeoning problem.

Physical and Virtual Portals

When students or visitors enter a college campus through a gateway or a building doorway, their expectations rise. What will they see and learn as an active participant in this exciting learning environment?

Envision This: Virtual Classrooms on Your Campus

Purdue University may be among the pioneers in data perceptualization research, but your school is destined to be one of the users.

Controlling the Ins and Outs of Campus Buildings

The 2003 International Building Code provides specific criteria for securing egress doors.

Editor's Notebook

The Politics of Education Reform : We need a more holistic approach to education reform and, hopefully, we have elected leaders who can take us there.

Passive Security in Facility Planning

School security should be based on passive concepts with applied active concepts when necessary.

Passive Security Concepts

Simple design steps to keep your school safe.

Systematizing Safety in Higher Education

Keeping safety at the forefront demands a systematic approach because safety isn't visible. Safety often becomes an issue only after a disaster that could have been prevented.

Classroom Amplification Systems Allow Teachers to Be Heard

The newest thing in classroom technology — classroom amplification systems — really isn't new at all.

Interactive Whiteboards

Schools and educators today are faced with an enormous challenge — how to connect with students who don't know life without video games, the Internet and iPods.

You Can Prevent Most School Shooting: Proven Techniques to Reduce School Weapons Assaults

Recent school shootings in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and the tragic hostage situation leaving one student dead in Colorado have once again raised serious concerns about school weapons assaults.

The Urban Challenge

There is some indication of improvement in the level of academic achievement among urban school students during the last few years. Enough at least for The Council of Great City Schools to wonder if the schools that educate so many poor and minority stude

The Learning Building

Learning environments need not be limited to classrooms — the entire building can be viewed as filled with potential learning environments.

Follow Those Assets

Asset management technology can satisfy federal financial reporting needs for state universities while providing financial benefits. So why isn't everyone using it?

Electronic Monitoring of Fire Extinguishers

The National Fire Protection Association has voted to include electronic monitoring of fire extinguishers.

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