Studio Twenty Seven Architecture的动态

Accelerate across the school district grade bands. Pre-K, K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 !!

Strong foundations are built on education!

Weatherfield Academy needed new learning spaces to keep up with demand and support the particular needs of #SEN students. "Our biggest need was space. We have a demand for special needs places in Central Bedfordshire. And we were at capacity with our classes and classrooms. We had young people that were waiting for places at our provision, and some wouldn’t be attending their mainstream school because they couldn’t access the special education they needed. So you have students waiting for a place, and lots of time spent on SEND tribunals for those students , so that’s a cost in opportunity for young people and in time and work for us." Liam Meenan, Head Over the last few years, Vertis has built five new classrooms for the academy. "Everyone wants to be in these new classrooms." "Our school covers a wide range of ages from seven-year-olds to 19-year-olds. The new buildings have allowed the students aged 16 to 19 to have their own area, giving them some independence and treating them more like young adults. We do have pre-fab buildings on site as well as our existing classrooms and the new builds are much more spacious, more airy, warmer in the winter, and provide more natural light. They provide the soothing, non-threatening space our students need. And the bifold doors enable students to get out in the environment as and when the weather allows, So we’re very pleased with them." See how Vertis helped transform the school’s offering>> https://lnkd.in/dZevKNyW #SEND #schoolbuildings #Education #Headteacher

Urban school closures: A sign of the times In major cities across the U.S., urban school districts are facing a challenging trend: shrinking student populations leading to under-resourced and ultimately closed schools. Los Angeles USD, for instance, is set to close the Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy this summer due to drastically declining enrollment which has limited educational offerings. Similar situations are unfolding in other urban areas, forcing districts to make tough choices between maintaining numerous underpopulated schools or consolidating resources, which often meets with community resistance. The trend, exacerbated by lower birth rates, migration patterns, and the rise of alternative schooling options, saw urban schools lose about 850,000 students between the 2019-20 and 2022-23 school years, according to The Brookings Institution analysis. This drop in student numbers has led to "hollowed-out" schools—buildings with too few students to justify their operational costs. Although smaller schools can foster a closer-knit educational environment and have historically shown benefits such as higher graduation rates, they struggle with high per-student costs and reduced program diversity. Decisions to close schools are fraught with educational and political difficulties. In Texas, San Antonio ISD plans to close 15 schools next year, a decision driven by the need to distribute educational resources more effectively. These closures highlight broader societal shifts and raise questions about how urban educational systems can adapt to changing demographics without sacrificing quality or community trust. Stay ahead of the latest news and trends impacting the education world: ?? https://lnkd.in/dyhRncr8 #education #Students #schoolclosures Sara Randazzo Matt Barnum

I'm excited to share a new New America – Education Policy Program brief, co-authored with my colleague Jordan Abbott, on segregation between school districts in the 21st century. Tomorrow marks the 70-year anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision striking down school segregation. But school integration efforts made only halting progress after the Brown ruling, and backsliding began in the late 1980s. Today, as the public school system sees both increasing diversity and declining enrollment, the patterns of segregation between school districts are shifting. If we're going to succeed at school integration, we need to target our efforts where students live and learn today. Read the brief for more: https://lnkd.in/gYqreiFt And check out the longer report upon which this builds: https://lnkd.in/gTRcY-Cb For those looking for a short version of the brief's key themes and findings: ??The percentage of students of color in America's public schools has steadily increased. Even districts that saw overall population decline still saw increases in their numbers of students of color. ? Even though the country's public school enrollees are now majority (53%) students of color, the average school district is still large-majority white (68%).?So while the public-school system as a whole is diversifying, students of different races still often attend school in separate districts. ?? In fact, the average district border only became more segregating since 2000, marking a racial divide of 11 percentage points then and increasing steadily to14 percentage points in 2021. ?? America's most segregating borders have crept westward. In 2000, the 100 biggest racial divides between neighboring districts were all east of the Mississippi. There hasn't been a sea-change, but we do now see some of these borders in the Plains states, West, and Southwest. ? In metro areas, we repeatedly see a pattern in which inner-ring suburbs are diversifying and outer-ring suburbs are remaining or becoming more white. As a result, city school districts are less racially segregated from their immediate suburban neighbors, but inner- and outer-ring suburbs are more segregated from each other than they used to be. Urban/suburban segregation hasn't vanished, but it has frequently moved one level outward. #segregation #integration #diversity #Brownat70 #publiceducation #publicschools #edequity

Introducing another insightful project from Zahava Stadler and Jordan Abbott at New America. This project sheds light on a significant milestone: the seventieth anniversary of the historic United States Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, celebrated in May 2024. Expanding upon The Crossing the Line report, authored by Zahava and Jordan, which meticulously identifies the 100 most racially segregating borders in the country for 2021. These borders delineate the greatest disparities in the percentage of students of color enrolled in the districts on either side. Moreover, the report delves into the historical context of these divides, examining how entrenched racist housing policies have perpetuated residential segregation and contributed to unequal property values. These inequities, in turn, result in disparate allocation of local property tax dollars for schools. Through rigorous analysis\ and compelling mapping visuals, Zahava and Jordan's project provides invaluable insights into the dynamics of school segregation in the United States over the past two decades. #Esri #StoryMaps #GIS #Visualizations #History #SpatialHistory

The Inverted Pyramid: Listening Through the District, One School at a Time! Forest Acres Elementary (Easley, SC) ? Enjoyed meeting with teachers and the FAES Admin Team! ? Our meeting covered four topics: 1. Make It Better - recommendations for improving the district 2. The Strategic Plan - how to achieve our five goals 3. Innovation - what innovative ideas do you have for the school and district 4. The Framework – updates regarding progress on the five year plan for the foundational practices with MTSS/RTI at Work ? This concludes the listening sessions at all (14) elementary schools in the district. Love the culture in each school and appreciate the hard work from each employee. A few quick notes - (1) the one word used by our parents, students and community to describe our district from the recent Cognia visit was "SAFE". Maybe that is why we expect 50,000 new people in our county in the next five years. (2) Yesterday was my first visit to a middle school with the inverted pyramid ... I asked the teachers how did you acquire the trust from so many parents to create a school where students feel safe and their reply: the students came to us with a sense of belonging from the elementary schools! What a compliment! (3) We will always tweak our approach each year but our core is solid so we will not be changing too much next year. Listening allows us to grow but to take everyone up the mountain together!! The first two laps (Early Childhood and Elementary) are finished for the Inverted Pyramid. Now we move to the middle school for the third lap! Team73! #EngagingToday #EmpoweringTomorrow

When it comes to choosing where to live, one of the most important factors for families is the quality of the local schools. In North East Florida, there are several standout school districts that offer excellent education.... Read More Here: https://lnkd.in/ejBPeXM3 #EaglesWorldRealty #EWRBlog #FloridaSchools #LoveWhereYouLive #TopSchools

Between 2000 and 2012, Denver greened all of the city’s elementary schools into “Learning Landscapes.” This effort have been associated with increases in math and writing scores, and overall school performance. A recent study by the Children & Nature Network shows that for every $1 invested in Learning Landscapes, neighborhoods, families, and students received $3 in benefits, including improved attendance and academic scores, rainwater retention, carbon sequestration, community health, and public safety. Public schools cover 2M acres of land in the US, of which 36 percent are at risk of urban heat island impacts. Schoolyard trees and other vegetation known to mitigate heat are less common in poorer, minority neighborhoods. #greenschools https://ow.ly/e5aB50U6yQg

Historical Context of Charter and Public Schools in NYC