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TRENDS IN
EDUCATION
It’s the beginning of the school year 20 and time to look at what’s happening in
the field of education and how it affects
design, planning, and management of
education facilities.
Look inside for commentary from experts inthefieldwho sharetheirperspectiveon trends in education and the effect those changes will have on various learning environments.
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looking forward
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ON THE COVER
6 TRENDS IN EDUCATION KEY DEVELOPMENTS
DRIVING SCHOOL DESIGN
New approaches to teaching and learn-
ing, as well as the need to secure schools without turning them into prisons, are two of the key drivers of design though in K–12. Experts weigh in on how those trends are shaping schools. BY MICHAEL FICKES
COLUMNS
22 BENEFITS
How to Control Healthcare Costs Without
Passing on the Burden to Employees
This one approach to benefits can reduce costs to both the organization and the individual employee while also providing valuable health services. BY FLIP STEINOUR
22 BUILDING BLUEPRINTS
No More ‘Shhhh!’ The Library of
Today and the Future
Our culture has changed. Your community has changed. Has your library changed yet? Due to the need for multi-purpose and breakout spaces in schools, changing paradigms in student learning, increased use of e-books and other technology and
a growing desire for community engage- ment, school libraries are making a shift. BY TODD BUSHMAKER
30 TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Federal Ed Tech Funding Under
Evaluationfor2020
The nearly $4 billion FCC program enters its fifth year since funding for networking in- frastructure became available to schools and libraries. Here’s how recent action taken by the FCC could change how these institutions access funds beginning in 2020.
BY PETER KAPLAN
FEATURES
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15 HARNESSING THE 31 WHAT CAN SCHOOLS LEARN
POTENTIAL OF OUTDOOR SPACES FROM AMERICA’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS?
Enlisting students in your design plan and As schools look to evolve alongside the working alongside nature can result in changing landscape of security, layered, outdoor spaces that are recreational, edu- ongoing and expanded measures have cational and engaging in ways you might required an evolution in how to think of not expect. BY SCOTT BERMAN and define passive security.
BY JARED BLISS AND DAVID SAFIR
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27 WHY DEFERRING MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS
NOWWILLCOSTYOULATER 4 EDITOR’SNOTE Thebacklogofmaintenanceworkthatis 34 ADVERTISERINDEX putoffforafuturedateaccumulatesand 34 PRODUCTSHOWCASE can quickly get out of control. The result is
that you actually may end up spending more later on, and this can have a negative effect on your entire organization.
BY JED DEGROOTE
COVER PHOTO
Rushford-Peterson EC-12 School, Rushford, Minnesota. PHOTO © COREY GAFFER PHOTOGRAPHY
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