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The school environment can affect how pupils learn.
They’re not what many of us imagine when we think of schools, but building them vertically could make our cities better for everyone.
Normalizing temporary structures as permanent educational facilities undermines the goal of providing quality public education to all children.
The relationship between where pupils learn and how well they learn should be a central part of decisions about building, or repairing, schools.
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.
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.
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.
A university building and a school are two of the six buildings shortlisted for the Stirling Prize.
Natural light, temperature and good air quality all help create a ‘clever classroom’.
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…
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Reader in the Use and Design of Educational Space, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University
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Professor, University of Toledo
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Professor of Management in Property and Construction, University of Salford
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Head and Professor of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art
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Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Fellow in the War Studies Department, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Education, Wellbeing and Children's Rights, Queensland University of Technology
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Reader in Psychology, University of the West of Scotland
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Associate Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
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Research Associate, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in the College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University