U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students.
Blum. This monograph on Best Practices in Enhancing School Environment has been developed under contract with the Department of Defense. While its focus is to help military connected schools to better address the needs of their military students, what we present has relevance for all of our children in all of our schools.
Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), 2003. Earthquakes are a serious threat to school safety and pose a significant potential liability to school officials and school districts. School buildings in 39 states are vulnerable to earthquake damage.
Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), 2006. In 1978, the national Science Foundation supported American Institute of Architects in the preparation of a document entitled Designing for Earthquakes. This document, which has long been out of print, was a compendium of papers presented at the 1978 Summer Seismic Institutes for Architectural Faculty, held at the University of Illinois and Stanford University.
CDC. The safety of children is important in all aspects of their school day. The playground can be an especially hazardous area if not maintained and monitored correctly. This Fact Sheet provides information that is valuable for safe playgrounds.
Tim Aho, 2013. On this website can be found resources for designing safe schools as compiled by the committee on Architecture for Education.
Safe Routes to School Online Guide. Several principles guide this discussion of SRTS engineering solutions as well as the design of a built environment that provides safe routes for children as they walk and bicycle to school.
