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Download full textAmerican Inst. of Architects, Washington, DC. – 1998
This step-by-step guide helps communities think and talk about school renewal through innovative planning and design, and high quality construction. It begins with an overview of need and available funding, then describes potential members of a school-improvement team. These include: architects, state school agents, community groups, local elected…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Design, Construction Costs, Educational Environment
Eley, Charles, Ed. – 2001
This three-volume manual, focusing on California's K-12 public schools, presents guidelines for establishing schools that are healthy, comfortable, energy efficient, resource efficient, water efficient, secure, adaptable, and easy to operate and maintain. The first volume describes why high performance schools are important, what components are…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Management
Duke, Daniel L., Ed. – Spotlight on New Learning Environments: A Journal of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Educational Design at the University of Virginia, 1998
A two-issue volume presents articles describing innovative schools, classrooms, and alternative learning arrangements found in some of today's schools. Issue one contains three articles offering glimpses of an elementary school committed to the Core Knowledge curriculum of E. D. Hirsch, a renovated school devoted to early childhood learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Core Curriculum, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Twenty-First Century School Fund, Washington, DC. – 2001
This report addresses the decision-making process for replacing or modernizing the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) as proposed in the DCPS facility master plan. The three-section document discusses old and historic schools and their future; the schools' historical and architectural value; cost of replacement and modernization; design;…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2000
This booklet outlines a process for engaging all educational stakeholders in the planning of schools which more adequately address the needs of the whole learning community. It explores six design principles for creating effective learning environments; provides examples of innovative school designs that illustrate various aspects of the six…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Hawkins, Harold L.; Lilley, H. Edward – 1998
This guide provides a comprehensive method for measuring the quality and educational effectiveness of school facilities and may be used to perform a post-occupancy review; to formulate a formal record; to highlight specific appraisal needs; to examine the need for new facilities or renovations; or to serve as an instructional tool. Suggestions are…
Descriptors: Building Operation, Building Plans, Design Requirements, Educational Environment
Barth, Patte; Mitchell, Ruth – 1992
Based on principles of the Council for Basic Education, this book outlines a curriculum and pedagogy for an elementary school which would prepare children for national fourth grade examinations. The book is divided into six sections. The first section examines the background of elementary school students in the 1990s and presents ways for schools…
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Evaluation
