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United States Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation Indoor Invironments Division (2002). (EPA 402-K-02-005)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ TfS) Program to help schools prevent, identify, and resolve their IAQ problems. This publication describes the program and its advantages, explaining that through simple, low-cost measures, schools can: reduce IAQ-related health risks and triggers for asthma, identify sources of mold, improve comfort and performance levels, avoid costly repairs, avoid negative publicity and loss of parent and community trust, and avoid liability problems. The publication offers an overview of IAQ issues, offers examples of successful school efforts, and presents action items.

EPA_Indoor air quality tools for schools program

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South Carolina Education Oversight Committee Stevenson, K. R. (2001).

This research project sought to determine if a relationship exists between school academic outcomes and school facilities characteristics. To address this issue, data were gathered from a variety of sources including research literature, state data files, principal questionnaires, and focus groups.

Stevenson_The Relationship of School Facilities Condition To Selected Student Academic

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Sanoff, H. (2001).

This manual presents guidance for creating a constructive dialogue between school officials and the surrounding community on the design of community schools that contribute to enhancing educational quality. The benefits of community participation are addressed as are descriptions of the principle parts of the participation process, including strategic planning, goal setting, and long term planning. Finally, the manual presents the Charrette process as a method for generating design ideas.

Sanoff_A visioning process for designing responsive schools

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Minnesota Department of Health (2001).

The goal of this document is to assist the staff of Minnesota public schools in responding to problems related to indoor mold. Its focus in on practical, cost-effective methods to identify indoor mold problems and assess the causes. The main objective of any mold investigations should be to locate sites of indoor mold growth, in order to determine how to best control the underlying moisture problem and remove the contamination.

MDH_Recommended Best Practices for Mold Investigations

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National Center for Educational Statistics (2000).

This report provides national data about the condition of public schools in 1999 based on a survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) using its Fast Response Survey System (FRSS). Specifically, this report provides information about the condition of school facilities and the costs to bring them into good condition; school plans for repairs, renovations, and replacements; the age of public schools; and overcrowding and practices used to address overcrowding. The results presented in this report are based on questionnaire data for 903 public elementary and secondary schools in the United States.

NCES_Condition of Americas Public School

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Earthman, D.I., & Lemasters, L. (1996).

The most persistent question in the field of school facility planning relates to that of the relationship between the built environment and the performance and behavior of users, particularly students. Ways in which the built environment affects two student variables--student achievement and student behavior--are explored. The first variable is student achievement as measured by some form of standardized or normed test, or examination administered to all students in the schools under study. The other variable is student behavior that can include specific level of student activity or school climate. A survey of research summarizes open-education programs and open-space schools, school building age, thermal factors, visual factors, color and interior painting, hearing factors, open space, windowless facilities, underground facilities, site size, building maintenance, and numerous other factors. All of the studies demonstrated a relationship between student performance--both achievement and behavior--and the condition of the built environment. The relationship varied from very weak in some early studies to a considerable degree of relationship in recent studies. Some of the more important factors that were found to influence learning are those relating to control of the thermal environment, proper illumination, adequate space, and availability of equipment and furnishings, particularly in science education. Some areas of needed research are discussed

Earthman_Review of Research on the Relationship (1996)

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McGuffey, C. W. (1974).

This monograph describes the basic conceptual background, the content, and the processes for a systematized approach to the evaluation of educational facilities. The system, Model for the Evaluation of Educational Buildings (MEEB), focuses on a process that compares existing educational buildings in terms of a set of standards, and provides for an analysis in terms of the discrepancies between "what exists" and "what should be."

McGuffey_MEEB_Model for the Evaluation of Educational Buildings

 

 

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McGuffey, C. W. (1973).

This monograph provides a systematic approach to the problem of planning educational facilities. It presents a conceptual framework for a general facilities planning and management system called Facilities Resource Allocation Management Evaluation System (FRAMES).

McGuffey_SystematicPlanningforEducationalFacilities

A new report is raising concerns for parents after revelations that one in every 10 children in the US attends a school within one mile of a chemical facility. The research was conducted by the Center for Effective Government, which used EPA data to create an interactive map across the US showing what communities and schools could be in danger.
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A new report is raising concerns for parents after revelations that one in every 10 children in the US attends a school within one mile of a chemical facility. The research was conducted by the Center for Effective Government, which used EPA data to create an interactive map across the US showing what communities and schools could be in danger.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/interactive-map-schools-near-chemical-facilities-report-256784371.html

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