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Anderson, Karen L. – American School Board Journal, 1997
Children often struggle in noisy classrooms. Many classrooms being planned duplicate acoustically inadequate 50-year-old designs that cannot accommodate group learning and hands-on science. The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, which enforces Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, has been asked to…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Classroom Design, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Merritt, Edwin T.; Beaudin, James A.; Sells, Jeffrey A. – School Business Affairs, 2000
A prime mover behind larger space requirements is expansion of legal entitlements for children with disabilities, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The list of architectural interventions has lengthened, and is matched by burgeoning effects on space and budgets. Nonphysical barriers must also be addressed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
