Key Takeaways: Connecticut’s $28.1 billion budget funds $150.6 million for six K-12 school construction projects across Milford, Norwich, Seymour, Stamford, Waterbury and Westport. The state’s school construction reimbursement model uses...

Key Takeaways: Challenging behavior in early childhood is often triggered by environment and routine, including sensory overload, poor sightlines and unclear transitions, not by the child alone. Classroom design prevents...

Key Takeaways: Rising heat waves are disrupting school operations, stressing aging facilities, and creating health risks for students and staff. Effective school heat action plans set clear temperature thresholds, assign...

Key Takeaways: School district summer construction should start with a building-use audit to identify instructional space needs and build a phased capital plan tied to multi-year goals. Go to market...

Key Takeaways: Radio Flyer and Understood.org updated three products using universal design principles to better support children with sensory and physical needs in school and early childhood settings. Universal design...

Key Takeaways: Active learning classroom design, including flexible furniture, distributed audio and multi-camera setups, produces measurable gains in student engagement, collaboration and motivation compared to traditional front-of-room layouts. Effective hybrid...