Education administrators face the dual dilemma of crowded, aging facilities and tightening capital budgets. The challenge is to build the necessary classroom, laboratory and activity space while minimizing the length and expense of the construction process. One solution that offers an affordable alternative is modular construction, a method that…

The early care and education field continues its decades-long expansion, experiencing a new phase of educationally oriented growth. Most states now fund preschool programs and enrollment continues to rise. Yet the field remains fragmented and insufficiently resourced. It lacks the institutional frameworks necessary to address basic challenges to…

Administrators of today's community college are sprucing up facilities with new amenities and services to attract students and cater to their needs. Administrators say competition for students is fierce and that good facilities can make a big difference when students are deciding on which school to attend. While students cite academic quality as…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare student achievement with three school design classifications: movement and circulation, day lighting, and views. Design/methodology/approach: From a sample of 71 schools, measures of these three school designs, taken with a ten-point Likert scale, are compared to students' outcomes defined by six…

Purpose: Accompanying the recent concern for the quality of our nation's educational infrastructure, a growing body of research connects the quality of school facilities to both student outcomes including achievement, behavior, and attitude as well as to teacher attitude and behavior. Less is known about the mechanisms of these relationships. This…

A DESCRIPTION OF THE HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN MICHIGAN IS GIVEN. INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS, TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT, AND COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM WERE EMPHASIZED BY THE CONSULTANT AND THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE BUILDING. THE CAMPUS WAS OF A DECENTRALIZED PLAN WITH FOUR SMALL SCHOOLS ADJOINING A COMMON UNIT FOR SCIENCE AND BUSINESS…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE INTO THE EFFECTS OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-FALLOUT SHELTER UPON THE EDUCATIONAL CLIMATE WITHIN THAT SCHOOL AS COMPARED TO THE CLIMATES OF WINDOWLESS OR CONVENTIONAL SCHOOLS. THE ABO SCHOOL IN ARTESIA, NEW MEXICO, WAS BUILT WITHOUT WINDOWS AND ENTIRELY BELOW GROUND EXCEPT FOR THE ENTRY. INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE ABOUT…

The newly completed facility represents the smallest of the three prototype vocational schools. (Author/MLF)

The Center represents the medium size prototype design for the state. (MLF)

Learning stations common to many programs are shared in this vocational school that serves 12 suburbs of Boston. (MLF)

A vocational school built on a rural site at the edge of Cape Cod serves four towns. (Author/MLF)

Two identical schools employ the four major subsystems approach established by the SCSD program: structure, ceiling/lighting, environmental, and partitions. (Author/MLF)

In its first issue, American School and University reported on the construction of Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Fifty years later, a report on how well the building has stood the test of time. (Author/MLF)