December 2006
Editor's Focus
Payback
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Joe Agron
It's nice to get a return on your investment. For schools and universities, it's especially nice the extra money can be reinvested in the classroom or...
Cover Story
Modern Thinking
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mike Kennedy
If only a teacher could just stand at the front of a classroom and lecture students as they sit in neat little rows of desks. If only those students would...
Features
Who are You?
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mike Kennedy
Once upon a time, there was a school where all the teachers knew all the students by name. All the students knew their class schedules and arrived for...
Day in, Day out
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Mary Claire Frazier
Some persuasive research over the past decade shows a strong relationship between the availability of daylight in classrooms and increased test scores...
Long-Term Lessons
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Alan Gettelman
Public or private, K-12, college or university, no one knows their facilities better than school maintenance and operations staff from the front-line...
Mapping it Out
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Lee Hwang
At some point, most education administrators must make difficult decisions because of fluctuating student enrollment. In the past, they might have spent...
Inside:
Know-How
Lighting
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Mike Kennedy
Every school and university relies on lighting to provide effective learning environments. But as facility managers learn more about sustainable design...
Project File
Back to life
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS), Worcester, Mass., purchased two buildings in downtown Worcester in 2000, totaling 160,000...
Gothic revival
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Curtis High School, New York City, is a 104-year-old school that is a New York State-designated landmark. A specially trained forensic team of architects...
Big building on campus
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
When designing University Hall at Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J., the architect was challenged to plan the university's largest building...
Building neighborhoods
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Barat Academy, a new private, independent, co-educational Catholic high school in O'Fallon, Mo., is scheduled to open for the 2007-08 school term. The...
Information hub
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, recently opened its $26.3 million David L. Rice Library. As the tallest building on campus, this five-level...
Viewpoint
Healthy Environments
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, JAMES E. RYDEEN
Over the years, schools have had to deal with various indoor air quality (IAQ) issues: Reduced ventilation requirements and tightened building envelopes....
Protecting Children
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, C. WILLIAM DAY
Over the last 10 years, school buildings have become a more common target for criminals to act out their violent plans. The most recent incidents are...
Product Solutions
Product Solutions
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Dehumidifiers Des Champs Technologies Wringer mechanical and Desi-Wringer desiccant dehumidifiers in sizes from 500 to more than 100,000 CFM are capable...
