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Interactive whiteboard for primary classrooms

04-May-2007

A pioneer in supplying interactive whiteboards, SMART Technologies Inc. describes how this tool contributes to the primary classroom.

Improving school earthquake safety in India

04-May-2007

GeoHazards International is working with the staff of Ludlow Castle School and local New Delhi engineers to provide an earthquake-safe learning environment for this government school’s students. The programme is part of a larger pilot project supported by the governments of India and the United States to build local capacity to reduce the risks posed by existing buildings with inadequate earthquake resistance.

New school design panel in the United Kingdom

24-Apr-2007

The UK Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) will establish a new panel to help local authorities deliver well-designed schools. The new panel will consider the designs from every construction team bidding to build or refurbish secondary schools. The CABE panel will assess their proposals and provide an evaluation to each local authority. CABE will also provide expert support and advice to local authorities leading up to the assessment.

Guide to maintaining ventilation systems in schools

06-Apr-2007

Quebec has just published a best practice guide to maintaining ventilation systems, aimed at the physical resources managers of the network of school boards. This 64-page document, which is tailored to the school environment, is now available in PDF format on the Quebec Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sport website.

John Mayfield in Memoriam

15-Feb-2007

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to John Mayfield who passed away last November in Australia. John was chairman of the PEB Steering Committee from 1985 to 1988, and he remained an active supporter of our work. John will be remembered for his charismatic personality and important contribution to education both in Australia and worldwide and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

PEB Launches Facility Performance Evaluation Pilot Study

13-Feb-2007

In 2007, PEB will launch a Facility Performance Evaluation Pilot Study, involving five countries. The broad purpose of this pilot study is to provide key stakeholders in educational facilities with tools, information and analyses to evaluate quality in relation to their facilities’ capacity to enrich and facilitate the educational process.

Measuring the Effects of Education on Health and Civic Engagement - Proceedings of the Copenhagen Symposium

13-Sep-2006

This publication is organised around two major papers, one on the links between education and health, the other on the links between education and civic participation. The papers discuss methodological issues and provide a wealth of empirical results, which confirm the important effect education has in both domains.

Educational facilities competitions in Mexico

04-Sep-2006

Over the past few years, Mexico’s Administrative Committee for the Federal Programme for School Construction (CAPFCE) has developed regional contests on school building design. In 2005, this central government organisation helped one state government to hold its own competition.

NIER Japan Joins the OECD Programme on Educational Building (PEB)

01-Sep-2006

PEB is pleased to welcome its latest associate member, the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) of Japan.

Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities - Update

01-Sep-2006

Quality architecture, equipment and grounds can improve the quality of education and increase community involvement, while providing a flexible, sustainable and safe learning environment, even when funding is scarce. This is what the PEB Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities: 3rd Edition  aims to demonstrate through examples from 20 countries.




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