A/V Technology

A Picture Is Worth More Than A Thousand Words

By Matt Jones

Campus Safety

Sitting Ducks Are For Carnivals—Not Schools

By Dennis Truxler

Theaters/Performing Arts

All The World's A Stage

The Mapleton Arts Center (The MAC) in Denver, Colo.

By Abby Collins, Seth Clark

Given the history of performing arts excellence in Mapleton, the district has committed to investing even more heavily in these programs by planting a legacy performing arts center to serve as a district-wide icon. Named The Mapleton Arts Center (The MAC), the building supports nearly 1,000 students across the district involved in Mapleton’s performing arts programs.

Evidence-Based Design

Opening the Doors to Evidence-Based Design In Ojai, California

By Tysen Gannon

Project-Based Learning

Hands-On Learning Spaces: 5 Lessons From Career Tech

By Bobby Williams

Campus Technology

An Escape Room for Building Digital Skills

By Rhea Kelly

At Pennsylvania's Northampton Community College, students are engaging with cutting-edge technologies in a basement "apartment" designed to boost digital literacy and job skills.

Project-Based Learning

Ohio District Builds $52 Million Campus through Partnerships with Local Community, University

By John Stoddard

A/V Technology

Transforming Classrooms into Active Learning Environments

Q&A with a School Principal

By Matt Jones

Transportation

How School Districts Can Use Unprecedented Federal Funding to Transition to Electric Buses

By Gilbert Rosas

Amid economic concerns like rising gas prices and inflation impacting American communities and resources, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is bringing a bright spot to school districts across the country. The agency recently announced a new $5 billion fund, available immediately, to purchase clean school bus fleets and lessen reliance on diesel fuel.

Editor's Note

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

By Matt Jones

It’s the dog days of summer, and there’s not a lot going on in the world of education—on the surface.

Rethinking Sports Facilities / Campus Amenities

Considering Spill Light at Campus Athletic Facilities

Although each piece of the project had its own unique set of challenges and considerations, the design and implementation of the outdoor lighting for the athletic field was particularly complex. The new lighting would need to be bright enough to allow activities and competitions to take place at night but regulated to the point where there would not be an excess of spill lighting that negatively affected those that lived in the nearby neighborhood.

Building Blueprints

Partnerships to Pipeline: A New Model for High Schools

Fountain Inn High School, Greenville, South Carolina

By Aimee Eckmann, Steven Turckes

Facility Focus

University Of Saint Joseph Expands O'Connell Athletic Center

By James LaPosta

The University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Conn., engaged JCJ Architecture to renovate and expand the school’s existing O’Connell Athletic Center into a flexible, multi-sport arena and venue to accommodate existing and new university programs.