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LAUSD Approves $604 Million Plan to Rebuild Fire-Damaged Palisades Schools
California—JUNE 30, 2025
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education approved a $604 million plan Tuesday to MORE
Record-breaking heat dome disrupts summer school, student activities
National—JUNE 27, 2025

This week’s heat dome put a big hole in summer school.
Summer classes and other events MORE
City and LBUSD approve new agreement for sharing facilities
California—JUNE 26, 2025
The City of Long Beach and the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) have updated their agreement on how MORE
Soap Lake Schools Undergo Major Summer Upgrades with State Grant Support
Washington—JUNE 25, 2025

SOAP LAKE — A series of facility upgrades are underway across the Soap Lake School District MORE
‘Just dirt and weeds’: LPS student gets more than 1,000 signatures to improve schoolyards
Nebraska—JUNE 25, 2025

At a Lincoln Public Schools board public forum Wednesday night, one teenager raised her budgetary MORE
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Greening Schools

Schools can help improve the quality of the environment for children and at the same time contribute to better environmental conditions for the community.

Many schools across the nation are recognizing the long term cost savings and environmental benefits of implementing green school initiatives. It is not unusual for teachers to incorporate the "green" school building within their curriculum, creating a hands-on environmental lesson for students.

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award program offers examples of effective green school practices. 

This innovative practice area is under development. 

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Arizona State Awards K-6 Funding for Energy Implementation Grants
-- Arizona [ abstract]

Arizona School Facilities Board(SFB)approved additional K-6 space for the Thatcher Unified District and awarded 2 million in Energy Implementation Grants on May 1, 2008.


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Ross Elementary School Storm Water Controlled Playground
-- District of Columbia : Organization: 21st Century School Fund, Washington, DC [ abstract]

The 21st Century School Fund served as fiduciary and provided technical and management assistance to community groups at Bancroft Elementary School and Ross Elementary School for the construction of schoolyard storm water control systems. These partnerships evolved from participation in the Schoolyard Greening Consortium, a collaboration of hands-on environmental education non-profits, and the education experts from Watershed Protection Division of the city’s Department of Health.


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Smart Growth
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Communities reevaluate their growth patterns in ways that encourage the preservation of natural lands and the conservation of resources. Smart Growth involves local residents in the process of decision making when it comes to neighborhood development issues.


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Stevensen Green Roof Project
-- New York : Organization: New Visions for Public Schools, New York, NY [ abstract]
The Stevensen Green Roof Project in Bronx, New York City, was to transform the barren concrete roof of a building housing six schools into a living laboratory for hands on learning.

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