Dirty classroom air can slow learning and even make students and teachers sick. Find out how to improve indoor air quality or IAQ.
How today's restroom design trends improve cleanliness and operational efficiency while attracting students.
Charter schools are not for everyone and are meticulously designed for their student populations. As conservative school choice activists argue for greater funding for charter schools, like public schools, they differ in performance and student outcomes based on zip codes.
Out of sight, out of mind should not apply to your facilities' roofs. Attention to evaluating, maintaining, repairing, and ultimately replacing your roofing systems is vital to avoiding unexpected expenses and possible catastrophic damage.
Shining a Light on What's New in LEDs and Lighting Controls.
What's new in lighting technology for campus facilities as well as the campus itself? The answers might surprise you.
Preparing staff to utilize emergency communications systems under stress.
The bionic classroom is here. Packed with technology, reconfigurable on a moment's notice and ready to foster innovation, these spaces help forward-thinking instructors educate next-generation students. College Planning & Management profiles five new spaces that push the edges.
With a little goal setting, administrators can use technology to advance education and meet students’ needs. Here are two ways in which technology is providing what today's students expect—in the classroom and beyond.
Kids are inherently curious creatures who learn by observing and interacting with their surroundings. They are intrinsically drawn to animals, watching carefully as animals play, relate, and move throughout nature. When a child’s educational experience includes daily interaction with animals, learning is elevated.
To everything there is a season, and now is the time to begin planning for summer re-roofs. Have you started?
You have to cover the floor, so why not make a statement?
Floors are a conspicuous, hard-working element of every facility on campus. Affecting everything from branding, recruiting, and aesthetics to wayfinding, acoustics, and safety, selecting the right flooring for buildings requires attention to detail.
As K-12 school districts have grown in size and complexity, buying supplies has become a sophisticated profession.
Developing an accredited arboretum contributes to education, enjoyment, and community engagement on campus.
Making Positive Connections Beyond the School Walls.
Our annual look at trends influencing campus life and learning is back for 2018. From regenerative design to the latest developments in technology, these topics are on the forefront as experts discuss what the coming year might bring.
Advances in digital signage technology are bringing exciting opportunities to college and university campuses.
Two universities in New Jersey are experiencing growth and financial stability by developing partnerships with businesses and their communities.
Readers, columnists and others who work in education-related positions look ahead to 2018 and beyond and share their thoughts about what we have to look forward to—both positive and negative.
Can you imagine the day when your school building is producing as much energy as it needs? Can you envision that your next school won't create pollution as it operates? What if your school facility was a significant tool that prepared students for jobs that previous generations couldn't even imagine? Intelligent buildings are the future!