Describes the new type of science complex developed by using a systems approach. The complex was designed for a technical school with future flexibility as an important consideration. (BR)

The Western Montgomery County Area Two Vocational -Technical School, Limerick, Pa., successfully employs the systems design approach, a design in which all facilities are carried above celing level, all ceilings and lighting are easily changed, and with readily rearrangable partitions. The result is a model of flexibility. (MW)

Openness and flexibility are the common denominators in these notes on the changing environment for the school's youngest clients. (Author)

Handicapped children learn better when integrated into a regular classroom via specially designed learning centers that provide environmental alternatives and a gradual adjustment to the normal classroom setting. (Author/DW)

Basic considerations in the design of carrels and resource centers are covered in learner objectives, text, practice exercises, and answer sheets in this learning module. Topics addressed include factors influencing carrel design, workspace dimensions for writing carrels and electrically wired carrels, the proper distance from the chair seat to…

New York City's public high school was born in the City of Brooklyn and carried to the merged City of Greater New York in 1898 by William H. Maxwell, first City Superintendent of Schools in New York City and former head of Brooklyn's schools. Under his direction, high school enrollments grew ten-fold between 1898 and 1914 to nearly 63,000…

Each school should be divided into four schools--academic, social, free, and meditative; all of equal status, but each with its own ideals and standards. (JH)

The data discussed in this speech are taken from a large, three-year study that investigated the whole process of open-plan schooling. The study included a national survey of schools in Britain and a series of onsite observations. The analyses reported here derived from the observation of 552 pupils in grades 2 and 4 using the Pupil Behavior…

Developed primarily from field based research on 19 schools, the book is designed to help facility planners, educational administrators, educators, architects, and citizens make informed choices in planning new or renovated facilities for special education services. The design guidelines are performance based so that intended outcome is given as…

THE DESIGN OF THE HEATHCOTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS INVESTIGATED IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL'S EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATIONS IN DESIGN, AND SPECIAL FEATURES OF INTEREST. THE PLANNERS OF HEATHCOTE WERE COMMITTED TO TWO FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION--ONE DEALING WITH THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CHILDREN LEARN BEST, THE OTHER DEALING…

THIS NATIONAL CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY 137 PERSONS WHO HAD AN INTEREST IN VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL FACILITIES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE CONFERENCE WAS THE NEW SOUTHERN NEVADA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL CENTER WHICH WAS THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT OF TWO PAPERS AND THE QUESTION-ANSWER SESSION. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS INCLUDED (1) "A ROAD TO QUALITY…

THE SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR NEW SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT AS PART OF AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT IN NEW HAVEN ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. OVER A 9-YEAR PERIOD 14 OBSOLETE SCHOOLS WILL BE REPLACED, TWO OTHERS AND ONE ANNEX WILL BE ABANDONED, AND 15 NEW SCHOOLS WILL BE BUILT. THESE CHANGES WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH COOPERATIVE PLANNING AMONG CITY…