One of the most important components of a country's education system is school building design. Pleasant aesthetics, comfortable temperatures, intelligible acoustics, clean air and water, and adequate safety and lighting all contribute to student achievement in school and throughout life.
This session will feature a moderated panel discussion among education and building professionals. Join us to examine the advancement of school building design, including recent changes, current influences, and trends, and the higher-priority factors school administrators and designers should consider in the future.
Learning Objectives
- Explore current factors that influence school building design and the performance metrics and evidence used to assess student achievement.
- Compare voluntary versus regulatory school building design factors relative to other countries.
- Gain perspective on school building design for all students as opposed to just the average student, and consider how school building design can better include students with temporary or permanent learning impairments.
- Examine a data-driven, continuous improvement process that produces evidence of student achievement to shift successful school building design from voluntary to mandatory through codification.