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CategoryAre We Preparing Our Students for the Right Future?
I recently returned from a trip to Vancouver where I attended the 51st International SCUP Conference. I miss Vancouver… I also miss..
How are Social Identities Reshaping the Learning Landscape?
How fitting … today as I assimilate the second major theme emerging from our synthesis of the LSC round table series – Diversity Among..
Report from the LSC Roundtable: Choose Your Own (Learning) Adventure
I recently had the privilege of participating in an invitation-only round table series hosted by Learning Spaces Collaboratory (LSC),..
KU Research Studio Report: Transforming Vacancy to Vibrancy
A common challenge facing American cities is the vacant lot. It’s a contagion – one abandoned lot drags down property values, leading to..
How is a School Library Like a Kitchen?
In early 2012, Gould Evans began a partnership with Lawrence Public Schools (USD 497) to modernize and expand their elementary schools. ..
The Secret Lives of Faculty
What is it about faculty offices that stirs up so much controversy? Go to most campuses, strike up a conversation with facilities..
Youth Are Often the Real Teachers
We all too often think of adults as the educators and youth as the learners – a paradigm of our top-down societal structure. This..
Career Day at Frontier School of Innovation
The cafeteria at Frontier School of Innovation began to fill with the nervous chatter of 8th, 9th, and 10th graders at 9 AM on the first..
Professor … Get a Room!
The Faculty Office is a hot subject of debate across campuses today as colleges and universities fight to keep costs down and increase..
How are educators and architects alike?
Here’s a short video we recently made about our love of education design, with case studies of current and recent education outreach..