Green Schools
Green Schools

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2007-01-25

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0309180317

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Evidence has accumulated that shows that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health and productivity of adults and children. One consequence is that a movement has emerged to promote the design of schools that have fewer adverse environmental effects. To examine the potential of such design for improving education, several private organizations asked the NRC to review and assess the health and productivity benefits of green schools. This report provides an analysis of the complexity of making such a determination; and an assessment of the potential human health and performance benefits of improvements in the building envelope, indoor air quality, lighting, and acoustical quality. The report also presents an assessment of the overall building condition and student achievement, and offers an analysis of and recommendations for planning and maintaining green schools including research considerations.

A Light in Dark Times
A Light in Dark Times

Author: Judith Friedlander

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2019-02-05

Total Pages: 787

ISBN-13: 0231542577

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The New School for Social Research opened in 1919 as an act of protest. Founded in the name of academic freedom, it quickly emerged as a pioneer in adult education—providing what its first president, Alvin Johnson, liked to call “the continuing education of the educated.” By the mid-1920s, the New School had become the place to go to hear leading figures lecture on politics and the arts and recent developments in new fields of inquiry, such as anthropology and psychoanalysis. Then in 1933, after Hitler rose to power, Johnson created the University in Exile within the New School. Welcoming nearly two hundred refugees, Johnson, together with these exiled scholars, defiantly maintained the great traditions of Europe’s imperiled universities. Judith Friedlander reconstructs the history of the New School in the context of ongoing debates over academic freedom and the role of education in liberal democracies. Against the backdrop of World War I and the first red scare, the rise of fascism and McCarthyism, the student uprisings during the Vietnam War and the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe, Friedlander tells a dramatic story of intellectual, political, and financial struggle through illuminating sketches of internationally renowned scholars and artists. These include, among others, Charles A. Beard, John Dewey, José Clemente Orozco, Robert Heilbroner, Hannah Arendt, and Ágnes Heller. Featured prominently as well are New School students, trustees, and academic leaders. As the New School prepares to celebrate its one-hundredth anniversary, A Light in Dark Times offers a timely reflection on the legacy of this unique institution, which has boldly defended dissident intellectuals and artists in the United States and overseas.

The Lighting of School-Rooms
The Lighting of School-Rooms

Author: Stuart H. Rowe

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-27

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 9781330242438

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Excerpt from The Lighting of School-Rooms: A Manual for School Boards, Architects, Superintendents and Teachers It has been common report that the principles on which the lighting of a school depended were not known and that the whole subject was still in a chaotic state. My studies had, on the contrary, led me to the conclusion that all the important principles were not only definitely known but were capable of actual demonstration. Accordingly I made it my business to test this conclusion carefully, to ascertain the facts and the reasons underlying them. The result demonstrated quite thoroughly that the main problems of school lighting are solved already, and solved practically. It must be admitted that one would "never guess it" from an inspection of an average half dozen or half hundred school-houses, but the fact remains that the mechanics of light is adequately known, that, given the data, the lighting value of a window of a certain size at a certain location can be readily ascertained and the effect of obstructions measured, and that the typical shapes possible for a building have all been tried. The problem for the future is simply to get all concerned to know and respect the requirements. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Bring the Light to School
Bring the Light to School

Author: Ingrid DeDecker

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781732147317

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"If you worry about kids in public schools... if you are concerned about your children or grandchildren getting in with the wrong crowd and perhaps losing their faith altogether... then you need the answers this book provides. If you see the next generation in dire need of direction and hope, and want children to know the love of God, then pull back the cover and start reading."--Back cover.

The Lighting of School-Rooms
The Lighting of School-Rooms

Author: Stuart H. Rowe

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-20

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 9780484227667

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Excerpt from The Lighting of School-Rooms: A Manual for School Boards, Architects, Superintendents and Teachers In Constructing a New Building General Sanitary Requirements - Aim of the Lighting. - The Lighting as Afiected by the Type of the Building. - Light should be Put in the Rooms Used for Class-room Purposes - Amount of Window Space - Dimensions of the Rooms - Location of the Light. - Reasons for Unilateral Lighting from the Left - Bilateral Light ing: (a) from Right and Left, (b) from Left and Rear -soft Coal and Left and Rear Lighting. - Over head Lighting - Summary Regarding Direction of the Light. - Location Of Windows - Application to a Standard Room - Adaptation to Cold Climates - NO Arching of Windows Permissible unless on Upper Floors. - Width and Structure of Window. - Secur ing Unity in the Lighting - Revolving Sash. - Value of Clear Glass - Columns, Pillars to be Avoided. Color of Ceiling and Side Walls. - Curtaining Black boards. - The Shades. - Unforeseen Obstructions. The Furnishing of Rooms - Artificial Distribution of the Light: (a) the Prism, (b) Reflectors, (c) Class Brick. - How to Reduce the Light - Artificial Il lamination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Lighting of School-Rooms
The Lighting of School-Rooms

Author: Stuart Henry Rowe

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-07

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781355784562

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