National Center

for the Twenty-first Century Schoolhouse

 

Effects on Learning

School Design Factors for Improving Student Learning:

http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/research.html

Architecture Can Teach:

http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC18/Taylor.htm

Nature's Design Rules:

http://www.asbj.com/lbd/2000/00inprint/00reicher.html

Where Children Learn: The Effect of Facilities on Student Achievement:

http://www.cefpi.org/issue8.html

The Impact of School Environments: A Literature Review:

http://www.design-council.org.uk/

Prioritization of 31 Criteria for School Building Adequacy:

http://www.schoolfunding.info/policy/facilities/

LAUSD School Facilities and Academic Performance:

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/LAUSD%20Report.pdf

Do School Facilities Affect Academic Outcomes?

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/outcomes.pdf

School Facility Conditions and Student Achievement:

http://www.idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/williams/reports/pdfs/wws08-Earthman.pdf

The impact of school  environments: A literature review . London, United Kingdom: The Design Council:

http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/Design-Council/3/Publications/The-Impact-of-School-Learning-Environments/

Ten Educational Trends Shaping School Planning and Design:

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/trends.pdf

National Best Practices Manual for Building High Performance Schools:

http://www.rebuild.org/attachments/SolutionCenter/EnergySmart_Classroom_Handout.pdf

New Designs for Learning: K-12 Schools: http://vocserve.berkeley.edu/CenterPoint/CP6/CP6.htm

Selecting an Architect:

http://www.asbj.com/lbd/2001/resources/082000carey.html

Writing the Green RFP: Sustainable Design Language for Consultant Requests:

http://www.aia.org/cote_rfps

Understanding the Design Process for Outdoor Play & Learning Environments:

http://www.whitehutchinson.com/children/articles/

Essential Aspects of Designing a School.

Principles of Design:

http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/research/principlesofdesign.html

Best Practices Manual. 2006 Edition:

http://www.chps.net/manual/index.htm

School Size and Capacity

Reducing the Negative Effects of Large Schools:

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/size.pdf

How Small Schools Increase Student Learning (and What Large Schools Can Do About It):

http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=103

School Size: Is Small Better?

http://eric.uoregon.edu/publications/roundup/W98-99.html

School Size, School Climate, and Student Performance:

http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/10/c020.html

School Reform--Small Schools:

October 3, 2007choolsproject.org/

Research About School Size and School Performance in Impoverished Communities: http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-3/size.htm

Ongoing Dilemmas of School Size: A Short Story:

http://www.ericdigests.org/1997-2/size.htm

Smaller is Better:

http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/05-98/058wmm01.htm

Sustainable Design

National Best Practices Manual for Building High Performance Schools:

http://www.rebuild.org/attachments/SolutionCenter/EnergySmart_Classroom_Handout.pdf

A Facilities Manager's Guide to Green Building Design:

http://www.appa.org/FacilitiesManager/articleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=437

Think Green! Think Sustainable Design! Turn Yours Into a High-Performance School:

http://www.rebuild.org/attachments/programteam/todayslearningarticle.pdf

Teachers

Linking school facility conditions to teacher satisfaction and success. National Clearinghouse  for Educational Facilities:

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/teachersurvey.pdf

 

The effects of school facility quality on teacher retention in urban school districts. Washington, DC.: National Clearinghouse for Educational  Facilities:

http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/teacherretention.html

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Engage Community /Work Publicly / Analyze Existing Conditions / Learner-centered Design / Focus: Teaching and Learning / Educational Specifications / Budget, Construction, Completion / Assess Throughout /

 

Page update: October 3, 2007

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