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Praeger, Charles E. – American School & University, 2005
Amid climbing energy costs and tightening budgets, administrators at school districts, colleges and universities are looking for all avenues of potential savings while promoting sustainable communities. Cool metal roofing can save schools money and promote sustainable design at the same time. Cool metal roofing keeps the sun's heat from collecting…
Descriptors: Structural Elements (Construction), Energy Conservation, Educational Facilities Improvement, Energy Management
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1996
Generally, construction projects undertaken by school districts in New York State are financed in part by state aid. The Education Department's Facilities Planning unit approves state aid for school-district construction projects outside New York City. This report presents findings of an audit that evaluated whether the Unit management's oversight…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Design Requirements, Efficiency
Ross, Peter – PEB Exchange, 2004
The design and construction of nine schools has commenced in Australia using a Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) methodology. This is the first project in Australia where social infrastructure has been acquired in this way. The Australian project is being managed by the New South Wales (NSW) State Government through its Department of Education…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, State Government, Social Capital
Filardo, Mary – School Business Affairs, 2000
In 1999, the 21st Century School Fund interviewed seven large school districts regarding management of capital-improvement programs. Researchers found three basic models: in-house management, other-public-agency management, and private-sector management. Systematic oversight and quality-control approaches will protect school systems from…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Costs, Decision Making, Educational Facilities
Weber, George O., Ed.; Fincham, Michael W., Ed. – 1974
This book provides practical advice on problems of institutional plant management to physical plant administrators. Areas covered include the role, organization, and facilities of the physical plant department; personnel administration; financial administration; buildings maintenance and operation; custodial services; utilities distribution…
Descriptors: Colleges, Costs, Educational Economics, Educational Facilities
Abramson, Paul – School Planning & Management, 2005
School construction in the United States dipped below $20 billion in 2003, the first time that had happened in the 21st Century, setting off alarm bells that the school construction boom might be fading. That concern appears to be unfounded. In 2004, school districts in the United States once again completed more than $20 billion worth of…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, School Buildings, School Construction, Surveys
Anbe, Aruga and Ishizu, Architects, Inc., Honolulu, HI. – 1974
This report documents the planning process and the decisions involved in master planning a proposed Honolulu high school, and it provides guidance for the implementation of those increments remaining after phase one of the first increment had been completed in September 1972. Phase two of the first increment and the second increment are now under…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Budgeting, Costs, Educational Complexes
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1984
Student achievement, cost, rural context, and qualitative differences relative to small/rural schools were analyzed in Alberta to address the choice between small elementary school construction and school consolidation with student busing. Studies in both the United States and Canada have found no consistant significant differences in student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Consolidated Schools
Robinson, Wm. McKinley – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
This bulletin is concerned with the status of, and progress in, the professional preparation of teachers, based on reports from State departments of public instruction and from those in charge of the institutions responsible for preparing teachers. Newer movements in the field have been stimulated by research in the fields of school organization,…
Descriptors: State Standards, Student Teaching, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Qualifications
Chase, William W. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
The increase in the population of the United States and the rapid movement of people from rural to urban areas continue to create many problems in the great cities. To solve them, immediate and long-range goals must be cooperatively established and striven for. Even though many of the legally constituted agencies such as the school systems, boards…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design, Planning, Superintendents
Dresslar, Fletcher B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
In preparing this bulletin the writer has addressed himself to some of the more important questions with which school boards and architects have to deal when they enter upon the work of planning a school building. It is not a treatise on school hygiene, but a discussion of the requirements of school buildings from the schoolman's point of view…
Descriptors: Educational History, Architecture, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings
Barrows, Alice – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The present study of school building construction and school building needs was made at the request of school building experts from all parts of the country who urged the need of detailed data by cities as well as by counties and States, as to the types of schools for which buildings had been constructed during the past 3 years, the kinds of…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Population Trends, Sociocultural Patterns, School Construction
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