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Peer reviewedWhite, William D. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Schools adopt extended year calendars for various reasons, including fuel conservation and improvement of educational opportunities for students. This article describes a program in Jefferson County (Colorado) established to alleviate overcrowding in a large suburban school district that failed to pass bond issues for funding new schools. (MLH)
Descriptors: Crowding, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Space Utilization
Glines, Don – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1990
Year-round education is an essential component of California public education. Through creative calendar planning, space utilization is being increased by 25 to 50 percent, depending on the selected configuration. Although growth remains the driving force, there is increasing acceptance of the learning, employment, and lifestyle benefits of…
Descriptors: Building Design, Crowding, Elementary Secondary Education, Population Growth
Direct linkBurton, Frances – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2004
Zoo projects that encourage reflective learning and are legitimate undertakings for untrained undergraduates are hard to develop. In this article, the author, as a professor in anthropology, discusses and teaches primate studies. His pedagogical goal in teaching primate studies is to enhance the process of learning, and to consider that students…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Learning Processes, Anthropology, Ecology
O'Neil, I. Riley; Adamson, David R. – American School Board Journal, 1993
A Utah school district, faced with a legislative freeze on new-school construction, has implemented an aggressive and diverse program to accommodate increasing enrollment. The strategy relies on alternative scheduling, with year-round schools and an eight-period modified schedule; alternative staffing patterns; and use of capital funds for…
Descriptors: Crowding, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Walsh, Tom – American Libraries, 1997
Examines efforts to solve spatial problems at the University of Missouri/Columbia Ellis Library. Discusses lack of funding for library expansion and the decision to have an off-campus storage facility, new space demands brought on by technology, and the innovative storage solution at the University of Southern California's Leavey Library. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Plans, Campus Planning, Crowding
Kunz, Walter S., Jr. – Educational Facility Planner, 1997
Describes the Youth Art Month exhibit in Howard County (Maryland) where students submitted their art focusing on school buildings and their interiors. Their art reveals concerns and desires about overcrowding, space utilization, school building height, outside lighting, solitude needs, and visual stimulation. The artwork is discussed in terms of…
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Expression, Crowding, Educational Facilities
