Open education is a challenge for designers and manufacturers, too. Describes an architecture firm's research study on the furnishing of seven newly constructed open plan elementary schools in Boston. (Author)

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

Teachers and administrators who are faced with the prospect of a new educational approach, or a new or renovated facility, feel the need to observe a living educational environment offering creative learning approaches, as well as the "newest" in furniture and equipment. A Brooklyn open plan elementary school converted from an old synagogue…