Title: Creating and Sustaining School Capacity in the Twenty-First Century: Funding a Physical Environment Conducive to Student Learning.
Abstract: in programmatic reforms as well as other initiatives, some quite costly, such as class size reduction. At the same time, the role and impact of the physical environment in which students learn has been largely ignored. In part, the reason for this oversight may lie with the lack of glamour historically associated with capital outlay issues. Yet policymakers, particularly at the state level, ignore the impact of the physical environment in which students learn at their own peril. Intuitively, the notion that the physical environment of schools can impact student learning resonates with policymakers, parents, and the general public. A body of qualitative research has exposed substandard school facilities by painting striking pictures of un safe, unhealthy classrooms that resemble those found in poverty stricken third world countries.1 In addition, recent research docu
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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