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Work being carried out at Mayflower Primary School in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac). PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo

Don’t blame postwar school building programmes for concrete crisis – the fault lies with decades of neglect and ineffective policy

The relationship between where pupils learn and how well they learn should be a central part of decisions about building, or repairing, schools.
Lead-based paint is being found in roughly half of schools that do inspections, a federal report reveals. Carlos Osario/AP

Lead-based paint found in half of all inspected schools

A federal report reveals that most school districts are failing to inspect their buildings for lead-based paint hazards and, when they do, often fail to tell parents about what they found.
Learn to think like a child. Boy in hard hat via parinyabinsuk/Shutterstock

What architects can learn from designing with children

It makes perfect sense. If you need to design a new school or playground, who better to help than the children who are going to use it? Gradually, more architects and landscape designers are bringing young…

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