PreK-12 Ed


Making Schools Green Inside, as Well as Out

With all the awareness of green in construction and facilities, how much attention is being paid to green in the operation of schools?

Rooftop Penetrations

Standing seam metal roofing represents the state-of-the-art when it comes to durable, sustainable, eco-friendly roofing alternatives, providing service life of three or four decades.

Federal Dollars, School Security

Last August, 91 school districts received $27M in federal grants to boost safety and security. Did you get yours?

Building Green

Motivation for building green comes in three flavors -- social, environmental, and economic.

The Shape of Learning

Interior design is shaping the educational experience.

Green Is Imperative for the Future

A "green" school building is a high-performance structure with technologies that collect and reprocess energy, rainwater, and waste.

Saving Money and Gaining Efficiencies

State College Area School District's print manager is bringing her growing department into the digital age, all the while working toward cost savings and greater efficiencies.

Moving Beyond the ADA

Designing for all children in schools, pre-K and early childhood programs.

The Furniture of Science

New furniture and furnishings support new approaches to science instruction.

Court’s Adjourned, School’s in Session

Adaptive reuse of a courthouse as two 500-student schools illustrates typical challenges and solutions.

Long-Term Financial Planning for Districts

New sources of fiscal distress, demographic shifts such as the aging population and the increasing size of minority groups, and globalization are transforming the education landscape and creating new curriculum and financial challenges.

Cyber Security

Keeping school computers secure is not as easy as you might think.

Walk This Way

A federal program called Safe Routes To School funds programs that encourage kids to walk to school.

Planning That Saves Lives

It is important to incorporating fire protection design during school renovations.

Waterproofing and Insulation

To be efficient, a school needs to be secure against the weather, including water, wind, heat, and cold. This means it needs to be watertight and well insulated.

Shaping the Future: Trends in Education

School Planning & Management asked experts who are involved in various education-related fields to describe what they see as new and significant changes in regard to K-12 education. Their responses are as follows.

Massachusetts Unlocks $2.5B for Schools

Funds for the first phase of a planned school building program have been released after teams of architects and engineers assess hundreds of schools for the state.

Interactive Whiteboards

A Little Bit of Technology for a Lot of Learning

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