PreK-12 Ed


Designing a New School

When designing a &#34new school," you must take into consideration the wants and needs of the school AND the community.

Wood Makes a Statement

The Gunter Primary School was built using a wood frame, and the resulting structure is both cost effective and visually appealing.

Charting the Best Course for Parking

Planning that considers all users and uses is the key to meeting parking requirements at K-12 facilities.

Managing Construction and Renovation While School Is in Session

As school buildings age and populations grow, the need for renovation and expansion of existing facilities becomes more and more prevalent.

Educational Planning -- Facilitated Planning Strategy

When creating exciting and new learning environments, one significant dilemma often presents itself, and that is how to have both the educational and parent communities not only accept but embrace proposed changes

A New-Urbanist Model of Learning

The new Walker Creek Elementary School in North Richland Hills is designed around long- and short-term flexibility to accommodate various activities, groups, and varied models of learning. Its learning environment is meant to be experimental and inspiring

What Difference Can Learning Style Make?

By understanding learning style at the pre-planning phase of a project, you have an opportunity to plan for optimal learner-centered classrooms that foster improved attitudes, behavior, and achievement.

Preventing School Weapons Assaults

While school weapons assaults are relatively rare events, it is a good idea to periodically re-evaluate strategies in place to reduce the likelihood that a tragic weapons assault will occur on campus.

Improving Efficiency with Web-Native Operations Tools

It's embedded in the culture of the district. If I took it away… there would be a riot!

Restrooms & Locker Rooms

Once humans decided to opt for more privacy, there was the need to develop more durable and vandal-resistant materials and designs to be used in our privies.

Competitive Edge

A high-quality safety program is a must for any organization that wants to maximize its competitive edge

Stop Sitting Still This Instant

K-12 chair and desk designers are responding to research that says fidgeting is good for students.

The Benefits of Full-Spectrum Lighting?

Full-spectrum lighting manufacturers make a lot of claims as to their products' advantages. Should you believe everything you read?

Schools Should Be Part of Their Community

The school could still be central to the project, but the result would be a building serving the entire community.

You Can Always Hear the Music

When the district was faced with the challenge of upgrading and expanding a school for the arts, the alumni and a school- and community-based foundation convinced them to save, upgrade, and add on to the old building, with spectacular results.

Uncovering the Past

When the district was faced with the need to address how to resolve the condition issues at Hillsborough High School, they found themselves undoing a former“remuddling.”

Bumps are Old School

Survey finds that speed signs are highly effective on residential streets and around school zones.

The Building Envelope

Designs and materials open up some new dimensions in green architecture for schools.

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