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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wants Boston College to pay the city the $424,000 it will lose in taxes if the college converts a high-rise apartment complex to student housing. School officials say they will discuss the mayor’s request with him, but they point out that the university provides more than $5 million worth […]

Colleges continue to construct new student housing filled with amenities to attract students who are accustomed to comfortable accommodations. In the Boston area, The Boston Globe reports, Tufts University is studying how to upgrade their residence halls, and Harvard University, Boston University, Northeastern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology all have built or are […]

Fairfax High School is one of about 40 schools in the Los Angeles Unified District that will be expected to share space with the district’s privately run charter schools, The Los Angeles Times reports. The folks at Fairfax aren’t happy about it. They say the charter school will impede Fairfax’s efforts to improve by taking […]

The Prince George’s County (Md.) district is spending up to $1 million a year to install voice amplification systems in every classroom, The Washington Post reports. Teachers wear infrared microphones that raise the volume and clarity of teachers’ voices above the distracting buzz of competing noises. But some advocates for better classroom acoustics say that […]

The Recovery District in New Orleans plans to demolish 47 schools in parts of city heavily damaged after Hurricane Katrina

Many state and governments are mandating that schools and universities incorporate green design and construction standards into their facility projects. Do you think green construction should be required, or do you think schools and universities should have the option to set their own standards?
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Virginia Tech says it will use part of the building where 30 students and teachers were slain earlier this year as a Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, The Washington Post reports. Provost Mark G. McNamee, who chaired a task force that decided on the use for the second floor of Norris Hall, says […]

…I’d take it to Las Vegas and get a job in school construction. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Clark County (Nev.) district, which consists of Las Vegas and surrounding communities, has just unveiled its projected construction needs through 2018: 73 schools! That’s in addition to the 101 new schools and 11 replacement schools […]

On Tuesday, millions of voters across the nation will have the opportunity to decide the fate of billions of dollars of school construction projects. Bond elections are a normal course of business for many districts, but in other areas, school systems can acquire money for construction and renovation projects without having to persuade their constituents […]