Download or read book The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning written by Peter Barrett and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Impact of School Infrastructure on Learning: A Synthesis of the Evidence provides an excellent literature review of the resources that explore the areas of focus for improved student learning, particularly the aspiration for “accessible, well-built, child-centered, synergetic and fully realized learning environments.†? Written in a style which is both clear and accessible, it is a practical reference for senior government officials and professionals involved in the planning and design of educational facilities, as well as for educators and school leaders. --Yuri Belfali, Head of Division, Early Childhood and Schools, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills This is an important and welcome addition to the surprisingly small, evidence base on the impacts of school infrastructure given the capital investment involved. It will provide policy makers, practitioners, and those who are about to commission a new build with an important and comprehensive point of reference. The emphasis on safe and healthy spaces for teaching and learning is particularly welcome. --Harry Daniels, Professor of Education, Department of Education, Oxford University, UK This report offers a useful library of recent research to support the, connection between facility quality and student outcomes. At the same time, it also points to the unmet need for research to provide verifiable and reliable information on this connection. With such evidence, decisionmakers will be better positioned to accurately balance the allocation of limited resources among the multiple competing dimensions of school policy, including the construction and maintenance of the school facility. --David Lever, K-12 Facility Planner, Former Executive Director of the Interagency Committee on School Construction, Maryland Many planners and designers are seeking a succinct body of research defining both the issues surrounding the global planning of facilities as well as the educational outcomes based on the quality of the space provided. The authors have finally brought that body of evidence together in this well-structured report. The case for better educational facilities is clearly defined and resources are succinctly identified to stimulate the dialogue to come. We should all join this conversation to further the process of globally enhancing learning-environment quality! --David Schrader, AIA, Educational Facility Planner and Designer, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Association for Learning Environments (A4LE)

Download or read book Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities written by Tom Szuba and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Planning and Construction of School Buildings written by National Society for the Study of Education. Committee on School Buildings and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report on the School Plant Survey and the School Building Program for City of Reading Berks County Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction. Bureau of school buildings and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reinventing Public Education written by Paul Hill and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heated debate is raging over our nation’s public schools and how they should be reformed, with proposals ranging from imposing national standards to replacing public education altogether with a voucher system for private schools. Combining decades of experience in education, the authors propose an innovative approach to solving the problems of our school system and find a middle ground between these extremes. Reinventing Public Education shows how contracting would radically change the way we operate our schools, while keeping them public and accessible to all, and making them better able to meet standards of achievement and equity. Using public funds, local school boards would select private providers to operate individual schools under formal contracts specifying the type and quality of instruction. In a hands-on, concrete fashion, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the pros and cons of school contracting and how it would work in practice. They show how contracting would free local school boards from operating schools so they can focus on improving educational policy; how it would allow parents to choose the best school for their children; and, finally, how it would ensure that schools are held accountable and academic standards are met. While retaining a strong public role in education, contracting enables schools to be more imaginative, adaptable, and suited to the needs of children and families. In presenting an alternative vision for America’s schools, Reinventing Public Education is too important to be ignored.

Download or read book The Public School Buildings of the City of Philadelphia from 1845 to 1852 written by Franklin Davenport Edmunds and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Public School Buildings of the City of Philadelphia written by Franklin Davenport Edmunds and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Grounds School Buildings and Their Equipment written by Texas. State Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Survey of the public school buildings and a school building program for Baltimore Maryland by G D Strayer N L Engelhardt and E S Evenden written by Baltimore (Md.). Board of School Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A School Building Program for the City of Paducah Kentucky written by George Drayton Strayer and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Extension of Public Education written by Clarence Arthur Perry and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A School Building Program for Solway New York written by Nickolaus Louis Engelhardt and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Avoiding School Facility Issues written by G. Kent Stewart and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book can be used as a graduate school text for courses in school buildings and facilities. It is probably more suitable as a guide for practitioners especially school district superintendents in small to medium sized school districts. Such districts make up the majority of school districts in this country. Lunenburg and Ornstein (1996) reported that 38% of the 15,000+ school districts in America enroll fewer than 1,000 students; and another 37% enroll from 1,000 to 5,000 students. America is a country of relatively small school districts. The book opens with a brief overview of the history of twentieth century school buildings and moves from there into a brief discussion of the requirements of today’s school buildings as integral parts of the communities they serve. Citizens need to understand problems and issues involving their school buildings. Understandings are reached through practice of positive relations between school and community. Good public relations facilitates mobilization of the public to assure that school buildings ultimately serve the publics’ interests.

Download or read book The Building Program written by Trenton Public Schools (Trenton, N.J.) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public School Buildings and Their Equipment with Special Reference to High Schools written by Horace A. Hollister and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improvement in the Maintenance of Public School Buildings written by Harwood Muzzy Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reopening K 12 Schools During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to the nation's K-12 education system. The rush to slow the spread of the virus led to closures of schools across the country, with little time to ensure continuity of instruction or to create a framework for deciding when and how to reopen schools. States, districts, and schools are now grappling with the complex and high-stakes questions of whether to reopen school buildings and how to operate them safely if they do reopen. These decisions need to be informed by the most up-to-date evidence about the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19; about the impacts of school closures on students and families; and about the complexities of operating school buildings as the pandemic persists. Reopening K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prioritizing Health, Equity, and Communities provides guidance on the reopening and operation of elementary and secondary schools for the 2020-2021 school year. The recommendations of this report are designed to help districts and schools successfully navigate the complex decisions around reopening school buildings, keeping them open, and operating them safely.