Schools Go Green for Health
NEW YORK — Schools increasingly cite health benefits as reason for going green, according to a new study issued by McGraw-Hill Construction.
In their market survey New and Retrofit Green Schools: The Cost Benefits and Influence of a Green School on its Occupants, McGraw-Hill Construction found that 89 percent of K-12 schools named enhancing the health and well-being of students as a top reason for constructing, renovating and operating greener schools. In 2007, only 61 percent of K-12 schools acknowledged health as a motive for sustainability.
NEW YORK — After an eight-year struggle and millions of dollars in fundraising efforts, the students of the low-income Bronx neighborhood Highbridge will have its first middle school come fall.
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. — Webster University students are enjoying their third semester of an entirely different level of collaborative learning at the school’s 94,323-square-foot East Academic Building, which became fully occupied in March 2012. 
FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — Changes in curriculum design carry a great influence in the changing wave of classroom interior design, with furniture evolving to meet the needs of 21st century learning environments. 
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The project team recently broke ground on the $124 million Ballou Senior High School project in Washington, D.C., which will replace the original 1950s school building.