Normalizing temporary structures as permanent educational facilities undermines the goal of providing quality public education to all children.
Work being carried out at Mayflower Primary School in Leicester, which has been affected with sub standard reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).
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A lot of federal money is now available for making school buildings healthier. Two environmental health experts explain how school districts can best use it.
Murder scene: an all-too common sight in Mexico/
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A programme of school building once helped reduce the murder rate in Mexico. It’s time for the government to double down on education for the sake of peace.
Lead-based paint is being found in roughly half of schools that do inspections, a federal report reveals.
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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.
A school in south London has become the latest building to win the UK’s most prestigious architecture accolade, fuelling the debate as to the importance of architecture to learning.
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…
The government’s announcement of a second phase of its Priority School Building Project demonstrates a commitment to around £2 billion of capital investment in the UK’s school stock. But it also reveals…