La Escuelita Education Center Earns CHPS Verification
OAKLAND, Calif. — La Escuelita Education Center, which opened in fall 2012 in Oakland, recently received the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) verification, California’s highest distinction for sustainable schools.

NEW YORK — Manhattan Star Academy, a school that serves children diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities, opened its new Upper West Side location in New York in October.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Safe and Sound, a nonprofit organization founded by families directly affected by the Dec. 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., recently gained the backing of door safety and security solutions firm Assa Abloy.
LEWISVILLE, Texas — Dallas-based PBK Architects designed two ninth-grade centers at Flower Mound High School and Marcus High School in the Lewisville Independent School District, which opened earlier this year.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Six teams of middle school students from across the globe competed in October to design schools that could potentially change the way we think about education.
MIAMI — Florida International University in Miami recently debuted its new $31.7 million Stempel Complex, which was designed for high-tech research programs that will study the effect of extreme natural events on people, society and economics.
JOPLIN, Mo. — Leveled by an EF-5 tornado in May 2011, the city of Joplin celebrated a milestone on Oct. 3, 2014 with the completion of the city’s new high school.