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Asheville City Schools constructs new Asheville Middle School

By Ray Bendici

The new state-of-the-art Asheville Middle School accommodates nearly 800 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, with room to grow. The main three-story building features open and flexible instruction spaces, while a two-story wing houses band and chorus rooms, tech and arts rooms, a cafeteria and gymatorium (a combination gymnasium and auditorium). Challenge: After nearly a half century, […]

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April 06, 2017

New high school takes flight

WHAT: Ross Shaw Sterling Aviation High School WHERE: Houston ISD, Texas Sterling Aviation High School, a magnet school, has taught aviation sciences, maintenance and operations, including flight certification, those interested in aviation careers for more than a half century. Now, a new facility designed around an airplane hangar prepares students for new heights. CHALLENGE: Previously, […]

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March 28, 2017

Later school start times catch on nationwide

Many district administrators seem to agree that teenagers need more sleep. A new study released in February indicates that attendance and graduation rates may match the science, too. Published in Sleep Health, the journal of the National Sleep Foundation, the study includes data for 30,000 students in 29 high schools from eight districts across seven […]

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February 24, 2017

Kindergartners get school of their own

What: Fairmount Kindergarten Center Where: Mukilteo School District, Washington The Fairmount Kindergarten Center near Seattle hopes to use innovative design to maximize classroom learning time when it opens in September for the 2017-18 school year. The new standalone building at the Mukilteo School District will accommodate 550 students. Challenge: Faced with growing enrollment and a […]

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December 22, 2016

Strapping in students on buses gains some speed with schools

More districts are adding seat belts to their bus fleets, following the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s 2015 recommendation that “every child on every school bus” needs a seat belt. Some districts are piloting seat belts on a handful of buses, while others are taking steps to outfit their entire fleet. But there’s no federal […]

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December 21, 2016

Problem-solving and design thinking drive K12 tech school

Ken Montgomery knows what his school looks like to outsiders. “We have people who come in and say, ‘Oh, we could never do that,'” says Montgomery, executive director of Design Tech High School, or d.tech for short. But he says looks can be deceiving. The charter school, which opened in 2014 and is authorized by […]

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December 12, 2016

Two-thirds of districts will build, replace aging facilities

About two-thirds of district leaders say their districts will repair, replace or build new schools this year, according to a DA survey. Like last year’s responses, in which 66 percent of leaders reported having construction plans, 64 percent of readers say some degree of work will be underway in 2017. Athletic fields or facilities will […]

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November 21, 2016

Shuttered schools offer teacher-housing solution

Bigger paychecks offered by wealthier suburban districts sometimes lure teachers away from St. Louis Public Schools. But a promising solution to a teacher-housing problem faced by many districts has emerged out of another challenge confronting St Louis: a collection of more than two dozen vacant school buildings on the selling block. While big city districts […]

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Asheville City Schools constructs new Asheville Middle School

Making technological advances and new teaching strategies

Design an adaptive learning ecosystem

Operations Stories

New high school takes flight

Later school start times catch on nationwide

Kindergartners get school of their own

Strapping in students on buses gains some speed with schools

Problem-solving and design thinking drive K12 tech school

Two-thirds of districts will build, replace aging facilities

Shuttered schools offer teacher-housing solution