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Blyth, Alastair – CELE Exchange, 2010
On 26 February in Lisbon a team from the OECD's Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) presented its first review of a national school building programme. The school building renovation programme in Portugal, which began in March 2007, involves the renovation of 332 schools by 2015. However, Portugal plans to complete 205 by the end of…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Facility Improvement, Environmental Standards, Foreign Countries
Cave, Christin – CELE Exchange, 2010
Too many children and not enough schools was once the issue facing urban school districts across the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. The rise of industrialisation and the subsequent influx of workers and immigrants overwhelmed urban areas and school planners alike, with everyone demanding access to public schools. However, a…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Graduation Rate, Economically Disadvantaged
Heitor, Teresa V.; Freire da Silva, Jose M. R. – CELE Exchange, 2009
The aim of the Secondary School Modernisation Programme, being implemented in Portugal by "Parque Escolar, EPE", is based on the pursuit of quality and makes Portuguese education a potential international benchmark. This paper discusses the strategies adopted to reorganise school spaces. It describes the conceptual model and highlights…
Descriptors: School Space, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Space Utilization