The aim of this report is to review current research studies on how school infrastructure affects children's learning outcomes and to identify key parameters that can inform the design, implementation, and supervision of future educational infrastructure projects. At the same time, this document also aims to identify areas where the evidence is…

With the help of close to $30 million in grant monies from Career Technical Education (CTE) and Overcrowding Relief grants, and Joint-Use and High Performance grants, Lake Tahoe Unified School District and architect LPA, Inc., have already completed a CTE "Green" Construction and Transportation Academy, a new classroom building and the…

This dissertation captures the 10-year contemporary history of implementing the facilities element of New Jersey's historic Abbott v. Burke decision. New Jersey's Legislature and Governor took this Supreme Court decision and created legislation responding to multiple constituencies and lobbyists while shaping a school construction program to be…

The paper explores important issues in today's education, not by analyses and statistics, but by projecting readers into the future and then asking them to look back on today's schools and to act like archaeologists--to surmise from all sorts of things they can observe, what was really important to us, what we really valued, how we treated kids,…

In this paper, the 21st Century School Fund and the Center for Cities and Schools at the University of California Berkeley provide a conceptual frame for the joint use of PK-12 public school buildings. There is a growing conversation about and demand for joint use as a way to provide services to children and families in convenient locations,…

The impact of the superintendent in the design decision-making process of sustainable school buildings was examined in this study to determine whether superintendents who have more knowledge and commitment to sustainability have a greater influence on green building practices within their school districts than those who do not. Utilizing a…

Educational facilities became important public and specialised buildings since governments began to face the right of populations to education. Policies to provide educational buildings that respect modern notions of comfort and hygiene led architects to develop architectural concepts that corresponded to new demands on education. The need to…

Designing school buildings to respond to change is not a new idea. But perhaps what is different today is the kind and degree of change which we have to anticipate. The OECD is carrying out projects that can help in the planning and design of future educational facilities--exploring trends in education and studying innovative learning…

STATISTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEES, WITH EMPHASIS ON SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS, IS PRESENTED. THE STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE, DISCUSSING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, DISTANCE FROM CLASS I CITIES, AND THE MAKE-UP OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS. (JH)

Brown discusses the history of Hector Garcia, a Mexican immigrant who, as U.S. Army captain, worked diligently to assist minority servicemen in navigating the Veterans Administration, and found the GI Forum. Dr. Garcia's activism, through the Forum, was instrumental in desegregating hospitals, swimming pools, schools and cemeteries. Brown's case…

Discusses three predominant themes encountered by facilities managers and architects when planning and designing educational facilities: flexibility requirements, fiscal pressure, and community focus. (EV)

The model for the new Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Oakland, California, is a source of great pride to its designers--all fifty of them. Article described the efforts of the school staff representatives, students, parents and other community members who designed their school building and altered the entire concept of education at Woodrow Wilson.…

Describes how school boards and administrators can use a facility-planning symposium, which brings together educators, students, parents, business leaders, and others, to establish an educational program and to design a template representative of the community. Examines ways to construct a shared vision and looks at design issues. (RJM)

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has set up a program for educational building to help promote innovation and change in current school building practices. Information is exchanged by (1) short leaflets summarizing emerging issues or innovating activity in different countries, (2) indepth studies of major issues, and…

Describes how trouble erupted in a Polk County, Florida, new junior high school that was designed according to the open school, individualized instruction concept. Provides a 7-point recommendation for other administrators planning innovative schools, which guidelines could aid in avoiding potential trouble. (JF)