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EDUCATION/ARCHITECTURE RESOURCES:
www.nces.ed.gov
The National Center for Education Statistics is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
www.good.is/post/good-sheet-reform-school/
GOOD Sheet No. 005: Reform School. This is one of Good Magazine’s “fact sheets,” focusing on education design.
www.greatschoolsbydesign.com
This site is a national initiative of the American Architectural Foundation to improve the quality of America’s schools and the communities they serve by promoting collaboration, excellence, and innovation in school design.
www.cefpi.org
The Council of Educational Facility Planners International’s mission is to improve places where children learn.
archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/K-12
This site highlights examples and case studies of excellent K-12 school design collected by Architectural Record magazine.
www.bcse.uk.net
The British Council for School Environments is a membership organization made up of schools, local authorities, construction companies, architects, and all those involved in designing excellent learning environments. It acts as a forum for exchange, dialogue and advocacy.
www.edfacilities.org
Created by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) provides information on planning, designing, funding, building, improving, and maintaining safe, healthy, high performance schools.
schoolstudio.engr.wisc.edu
The School Design Research Studio at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to advance the knowledge of effective physical environments for learning by promoting collaborative design and cooperative research.
www.cabe.org.uk
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment is the government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space, providing guidance to architects, planners, designers, developers and clients.
www.oecd.org/edu/facilities
The OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB) promotes the exchange and analysis of policy, research and experience in all matters related to educational building.
www.designshare.com
This site is a facilitator of ideas and resources about best practices and innovation in schools from early childhood through the university level.
www.school-works.org
This British schools design initiative offers an evolving resource of case studies of progressive practices, touching on all aspects of school design, as well as listings of literature, seminars and conferences.
www.montag-stiftungen.com/kooperationsprojekte.html (in German)
This German foundation supports pedagogical architecture.
www.archiv-der-zukunft.de/ (in German)
This is a German NGO of reform oriented educators.
www.curriki.org
Curriki is an online environment created to support the development and free distribution of world-class educational materials to anyone who needs them.
www.openarchitecturenetwork.org
The Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design.
www.blog.garethl.com
Gareth Long, a freelance education consultant with major experience in the UK and Cayman Islands, writes a blog that tracks his life, thoughts and work.
www.heppell.net
Stephen Heppell is a technology guru and professor who continues to be influential in government ICT policymaking on a global scale. His interactive blog tracks his life and musings in writing, photos, video and new media.
FILM/VIDEO
e² design
www.pbs.org/e2/design.html
e² design is an ongoing PBS series about the pioneers and innovators in the field of sustainable architecture, and how their work is producing solutions to pressing environmental and social challenges.
Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative Society
mitworld.mit.edu/video/372
In a video of a lecture in which MIT Media Lab professor, Mitchel Resnick describes how computers and technology should not be used merely to impart information, but to engage kids to design, create and invent. His work explores how new technologies can help people (especially children) learn new things in new ways.
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
www.ted.com
See Ken Robinson > Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
See Ann Cooper > Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school -- local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food.
See David Eggers > Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired the opening of others around the world.