More and more schools are insisting that their cleaning is green.
It takes preplanning to get the most effective results.
A California school district gets a (really big) facelift
Since January is the month to look towards the future, then December should be the time to look back at what happened this past year.
No doubt that building codes are complex and difficult to discuss in general terms. Still, facility managers need to know something of building codes for accomplishing school maintenance and repairs.
A high-quality cleaning program when combined with the use of good hygiene practices, such as hand washing, and diligence on the part of school personnel all contribute to minimizing the chance for MRSA or any other infection to affect our students.
Pinpointing areas for saving energy and preserving the environment.
Here are four school leaders who are successful at inspiring and encouraging the leadership team, and at taking responsibility for implementing the district's vision.
School roofs are expensive. Their cost is apparent from the beginning, and their reliability, or lack of it, can affect future expenditures.
Properly conceived, designed, and integrated into a community, a school can contribute to economic well-being or even economic recovery.
During visits to other countries and through his role with an international organization, this nationally known crusader for better restroom care confirms his expectations that some problems are not unique to U.S. schools.
We all have spent time trying to anticipate the future of schools. One approach opens up many opportunities for our high schools and middle schools of tomorrow the laptop computer/e-school.
If someone suddenly handed me some extra dollars and said,Use them in one of five ways to improve student achievement,” I wondered what I would do and where I would do it.
Innovative School Building Continues to Make the Grade… And Then Some
Unlike schools in the past, there is a lot of thought and logic behind the way learning spaces are being designed and decorated.
In an excellent media-relations presentation, a state police press officer recently used the analogy of hungry dogs. He said the press during a crisis can be like hungry dogs, they are okay as long as you feed them regularly.
Successful landscape architectural design in an educational setting not only resolves obligatory envrionmental, safety, and secruity concerns, it also contributes to the education of students and to the welfare of the community.