This report summarizes the Newark Public Schools Facilities Management Plan that describes the process by which the district assesses projected enrollments and program space needs to support the Core Curriculum Content standards; determines space deficiencies; and analyzes corrective options. The document presents district and plan overviews as…

This report examines how an integrated design of the educational program and a school facility that responds to the economic, environmental, and social needs of a community create sustainable schools. It explores the effect buildings have on the earth's natural resources, the steps districts can take toward sustainable school design during…

Author evaluates the educational situation and makes suggestions for its improvement. (RK)

A dying school building, half a century old, recovers so dramatically and so economically that it receives national recognition. (Author)

Discusses the book of same title by Christopher Jencks and others. Criticizes book for not offering a solution for improving schools and erasing inequality of education. (DS)

Considers the problems of articulation within the contexts of racism, changing lifestyles, student activism, and educational dehumanization. (EA)

Plans are presented that transform schools with traditional self-contained classrooms into modern facilities with flexible spaces. (Author)

Reprinted from "INTERCOM in the San Mateo City Schools, newsletter of the San Mateo, California, City School System; illustrated. (Editor/RD)

The renovation and enlargement of a Watertown (Massachusetts) high school was accomplished without interfering with the academic schedule. A three-story media center, a new gymnasium, and various provisions for the handicapped are among the improvements and additions. (Author/MLF)

The renovation of the two-building junior high school in Manhattan (Kansas), built in the 1920s, saved the building exteriors, modernized the interiors, and added a new three-story pedestrian link connecting the buildings. (Author/MLF)

Compact design and insulation cut energy use at a junior high school in Rexon (New Brunswick). Loma Linda University in California has reduced consumption of natural gas by installing cogeneration equipment. Morningside College in Sioux City (Iowa) has replaced deteriorating windows. (Author/MLF)

Hand Middle School, Columbia, South Carolina, provides an example of what may be the extreme in making an old school building maximally energy efficient. (Author)

Dormitories at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire; the entire Tulsa Junior College, Oklahoma; and a student center at Northwestern College, Iowa; are examples of buildings converted from other functions into college facilities. (MLF)

A rolling gate fashioned in the form of a giant motorcycle is the most unique feature of a prize winning media center in one Minnesota school; and, in another, is a theater hailed as the most technically sophisticated in the Twin Cities area. (Author/MLF)