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With Haitian Schools in Ruins, Children in Limbo

House Bill Offers School Construction Bonds Boost

Build New or Renovate. What To Do With Akron's King Elementary School?

$739 Million in Proposed and Ongoing School Construction Projects in the Pittsburgh Area

Economic Impact of New School Construction on Local Community Studied

Wichita, Kansas, School Construction Work a Lifeboat to Architects and Contractors

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In Ruined Haiti Schools, Educators See Opportunity

New Schools Turning Green: Massachusetts Schools Using Geothermal Heat, Solar Panels and Energy-saving Technology

Voters Approve Levies for Washington State School Construction

GREEN SCHOOLS
Welcome to the new NCEF Green Schools webpage where you will find a compilation of current news, events, recent journal articles, recommended publications, and more on topics related to green schools.

STIMULUS FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
See this NCEF webpage for information on stimulus funding and tax credit bonds for school construction, modernization, renovation, and repair in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Seismic Design and Retrofit for Schools
This is NCEF's resource list compiling references to books, documents, articles, related websites, and videos on assessment, design, and retrofit of schools to resist earthquakes.

Haiti Schools Rebuilding Initiative
The Council of Educational Facility Planners International and Schools for the Children of the World are establishing a relief effort to help in the rebuilding of damaged and destroyed schools in Haiti. The first priority is to create a database of volunteers to participate in a Haiti Task Force to formulate strategies on how to best help in the recovery process.

Subject-specific resources on more than 140 school facilities topics. Each list includes descriptions of books, studies, reports, and journal articles, as well as links to online publications and websites.

Submit a question to our reference staff about school facilities planning, design, funding, construction, or maintenance.

Download a customized checklist for assessing the safety and security of your school.

Current, forecast, and historical data about U.S. school construction.

Create and store a page with your own selected content from the NCEF website.

Find links to a selective list of educational facilities-related professional organizations; federal, state and local agencies and organizations; academic research centers; and media sources.