Describes how design/build bidding in school construction can save time, money, and troubles for schools if it is used properly. (Author/DN)

Article describes the open space high school under construction in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and tells how the facility might be organized and staffed to meet the individual needs of learners. (Author)

Summarizes three articles on energy conservation in the schools and presents the recommendations from those articles to educational planners. See EA 504 047, EA 504 048, and EA 504 050. (DN)

As the birthrate plunges, a resourceful building team finds school construction activity shifting to conversions, renovations, and the design of new schools called human resource centers. Describes programs in Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Arlington, Virginia; the Whitman Center in Pontiac, Michigan; and the John F. Kennedy School and…

Discusses physical and educational design considerations in South Lake Tahoe's new Meyers Elementary School. (DE)

Cites school facility, organizational policy, and curricular practices which reinforce sexism. (SJL)

Profiles 17 construction and renovation projects at U.S. and Canadian schools and colleges, all displayed at the 1982 annual conference of the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International. Uses text, photographs, floor plans, and drawings to describe the projects, and lists owners, architects, engineers, and site and construction data.…

The New Jersey State Regional Day School for the Handicapped is designed to be noninstitutional in appearance and sensitive to children's needs. The school design was developed through research, investigation, and observation by the architects. (Author/MLF)

Uses five field studies and an examination of historical trends to look at the way school spaces constitute resources for achieving declared curricular aims and the way the organization of pupils is related to the actual problems of accommodating and moving personnel within the building. (Author/IRT)