“Tinkering around” isn’t what it used to be. The maker movement is picking up steam in the education world (no pun intended!), with makerspaces defined as creative prototyping workspaces where students can experiment, create, learn, and share...

The role that facilities leaders play in ensuring safe drinking water in schools can’t be overstated in importance. The quality of a school district’s water treatment program affects the safety, health, and comfort of students and staff, not to...

One might guess that the nation’s first net-zero energy K-12 school is located in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, or perhaps New York City. However, the first school to achieve full-scale net-zero status is located in the heart of the rural community...

 With the growing recognition that student learning and well-being is closely tied to the built environment, school districts are under pressure to address gaps in current building features and operations.

In 2016, the El Paso Independent School District made history when voters approved the largest bond ever proposed in the county. Not only was the $668.7 million bond measure passed, but it was done so with overwhelming support.  

Two young fish are swimming along when an old, wise fish swims up to them and says, "So boys, how's the water?" They swim a little longer before one of them finally says to the other, “What is water?”