Senior Educational Planner

Tom Tapper is senior educational planner for ATS&R Planners/Architects/Engineers, Minneapolis; a multi-disciplined firm specializing in preK-12 and post-secondary school planning and design.  He has more than 40 years of experience in public schools. Dr. Tapper can be reached at [email protected]. For more information about this article, visit www.ATSR.com.

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Facility Planning: Breaking the Line

How recent brain research is overturning a century of “assembly line” education design.
May 1, 2016
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Facility Planning: The ‘Gulf of Reluctance’

Building a bridge to those isolated by the idea of change.
June 1, 2015
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Facility Planning: I Can’t Imagine!

Facilitating positive reactions to innovative school designs.
April 1, 2015
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Facility Planning: Justifying the Future

Bringing a new school design to fruition involves identifying the need and creating a vision.
Feb. 1, 2015
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Facility Planning: Competence and Communications

Part two in this series on 21st-century education focuses on supporting and mastering these skills.
Feb. 1, 2014
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Safety at School: On the Small Side

Smaller schools and districts can provide different security challenges.
July 1, 2013