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| American School & University | 7 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2002
Discusses how the continued aging of school facilities, the inability of many local districts to generate enough funds for needed upgrades, and legal rulings that have directed states to assume a greater role in paying for facilities have resulted in building improvements that would have been far beyond the means of local districts a few years…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Public Schools, School Funds, School Support
Hillinger, Howard – American School & University, 1996
Describes how adding a project manager can ensure a smooth process during capital improvements. Discusses ways to fill program management needs, such as developing in-house staff or retaining a qualified program-management consultant. Details the importance of the project manager scrutinizing overhead costs, risk, responsibility, and other…
Descriptors: Coordinators, Educational Facilities Improvement, Facilities Management, Facility Improvement
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 1996
Discusses proposed legislation designed to improve the United States' education infrastructure. Outlines President Clinton's $5 billion school-construction initiative and describes areas in which the money can be used. Features interviews with Education Secretary, Richard Riley, and Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.), in which they discuss the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Improvement
Southers, Tracy L. – American School & University, 1996
Describes how school districts can use performance contracting to help save energy dollars without sacrificing efficiency or comfort. In performance contracting, building improvements and upgrades are installed without using funds from the current budget. Money saved in future energy bills is then used to pay for the project. (RJM)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Management, Money Management
Cox, Susan M. – American School & University, 1998
Describes one inner-city school district's struggles with old buildings and community apathy that has caused no school funding issues to be passed in two decades. Showing the school district's ability to give value back to the neighborhood is considered an important element in changing public opinion. (GR)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Community Support, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Spoor, Dana L. – American School & University, 1997
Presents interviews with five school administrators, representing a variety of school systems. Discusses their strategies for addressing concerns that all school systems share. Using a question and answer format, the article focuses on handicap accessibility, energy management, funding, security, and technology. (RJM)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrators, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Agron, Joe – American School & University, 1996
This 22nd annual Official Education Construction Report details school and university construction information. It documents the amount and type of construction put in place and projected to be completed by the nations' educational institutions over the next three years (1996-1998). Annual and regional construction activity projections are…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Built Environment, Construction Costs, Educational Facilities Improvement
