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New Florida school is high-tech—and eco-friendly

September 24, 2012 by From wire service reports

When students entered Palencia Elementary School in St. Augustine, Fla., for the first time in late August, they stepped into a high-tech, futuristic school focused on environmental sustainability.

Anatomy of a school construction project

November 2, 2012August 10, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Before a ribbon is sliced by comically oversized scissors, before a brick is laid or an architect is chosen, before voters approve funding for a sparkling new school…

Jobs plan would help modernize schools

September 12, 2011September 8, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Schools and teachers stand to benefit from an ambitious, $450 billion plan to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans, as President Obama responded…

What’s more important: School buildings or the teachers who fill them?

August 8, 2012August 23, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A new public school building in Los Angeles that cost more than $500 million to build--at a time when the city has laid off more than 3,000 teachers…

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