Sequester Impacts on Financial Aid and Grants


(05/15/2013)
Students and the Department of Education are preparing to weather the storm of the sequester and its various hits to financial assistance and grant programs.

New Jersey Higher Education Receives $1.3 Billion Boost

By Audrey Arthur
(05/08/2013)
Colleges and universities in New Jersey will receive $1.3 billion to fund 176 construction and renovation projects that will impact approximately 350,000 students.
 

Design Matters in the Desert


(05/08/2013)
When designing a school, architects think about the students inside, and in the California desert, they also are concerned with the weather outside. Private school, Marywood-Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, right outside of Palm Desert, Calif., is currently building a new learning center for its high school students.
 

Guide to Green Colleges Released by The Princeton Review

By Audrey Arthur
(05/01/2013)
The Princeton Review, an organization providing tutoring and admissions resources for college or college-bound students, released their fourth annual guidebook April 16, highlighting green colleges and their efforts to create a sustainable future.

New Middle School Breaks Ground in Massachusetts


(05/01/2013)
Galvin Middle School in Wakefield recently underwent a major groundbreaking for its new $60 million school.

Wake County to Seek $911 Million School Construction Bond


(04/24/2013)
Representing both the interests of taxpayers and education, school and city officials of Wake County met last week to decide fall election voters will determine if the areas schools will receive an approximately $911 million school construction bond.
 

Green Ribbon School Winners Announced


(04/24/2013)
The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) has recently announced its 2013 winners.
 

New York City to Open 78 New Schools


(04/17/2013)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last week that 78 new schools would be opened in the city this fall.
 

Schools Go Green for Health


(04/17/2013)
Schools increasingly cite health benefits as reason for going green, according to a new study issued by McGraw-Hill Construction.
 

Focus on Furniture


(04/06/2013)
Changes in curriculum design carry a great influence in the changing wave of classroom interior design, with furniture evolving to meet the needs of 21st century learning environments.