Many students would be quick to assert that they just use Facebook for fun. They don't believe that they are at risk. It is Facebook's vague and complicated privacy structure that leads to this misunderstanding. No matter how a student controls his or her
The Hawaii Department of Education relates school safety efforts to academic success.
The Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent, nonprofit organization, recently released the results from a survey of 233 randomly selected school districts dealing with the state of these districts' budgets in the upcoming 2010-11 school year
How much space should we provide (and of what type) to accommodate the program we want to run now and into the 21st century? And that, more than anything else, is the question your district should answer first when it contemplates adding new school space.
One of the latest and fastest growing trends in high-tech is classroom amplification. But just buying a sound amplification system and installing it does not necessarily make an improvement in students' hearing. It may make it worse. On the other han
What do walls and ceilings have to do with creating a good learning environment in K-12 schools? Aren't these building systems simply supposed to look pleasant?
When it comes to K-12 phased occupied construction, it is critical to keep students safe. However, students aren't the only ones using the site so are construction workers, teachers/administrators and visitors. Keeping everyone safe starts wit
It's hard to believe that summer vacation is almost over and students will soon be returning to the classroom. For me, the summer has been filled with traveling to conferences and trade shows to find out more about what is on the horizon for educatio
In response to the United States' "failing" public schools, portfolio districts have been loudly championed as a new approach to school reform. A number of school districts in large cities have implemented this approach. Despite this, there are
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if a school could be designed and constructed to produce as much energy on site as what is consumed from the electric grid; electricity and gas bills at 10 percent or less of that of a typical building. No water bills for site and landscapin
When it comes to green cleaning, many administrators and custodial crews are now sitting back, comfortable that they understand it and have properly implemented it in their facilities, making their schools much healthier with a reduced impact on the envir
These Generation E students ("E" for feeling they are Europeans, sometime more than Spaniards) were singing the same woes as many urban, suburban and rural American citizen students. Like too many 11- to18-year-olds in public institutions, who i
As your school year ends, it would be a good time to look at your fire losses for each building in your district and reflect on not only what types of training need to take place to reduce the risk of these fires happening again, but to also look at what
Kalamazoo Central High School has been named as the winner of the first annual "Race To The Top Commencement Challenge" contest sponsored by the White House. The school's prize: President Barack Obama is graduation speaker for the K-Ce
As school districts are searching for sizable tracts of land that seem to be increasing in cost daily, and with bus transportation costs soaring, prioritization of land characteristics and access considerations for school sites will be ever more essential
A dedicated school intercom system is considered by many to be a life-safety device. It is the method by which day-to-day operational messages are distributed, but also serves as the facility's emergency communications system. Some schools have decid
As your school year ends, it would be a good time to look at your fire losses for each building in your district and reflect on not only what types of training need to take place to reduce the risk of these fires happening again, but to also look at what
Sometimes and depending on the issue school administrators and parents don't see eye to eye. When it comes to school drop off and pick up, however, both groups agree that safety is of the highest priority. And, while creating a safe tra
School districts are increasingly opening schools for multiple community functions that foster learning and neighborhood cohesion. As a true partner in the vitality of the community, schools provide spaces for PTA and Scouting organizations and other comm
While the better a school building's mechanical systems perform, the better the students perform, directors of facilities in most school districts are faced with the challenge of keeping their educational spaces at reasonable temperatures while keeping HV