http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/us/18joplin.html?_r=1&hpw

From The New York Times:

http://blogs.msstate.edu/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi

During a tour of a Mississippi elementary school, the EDI staff noticed that a clerestory window had been closed from below. School officials said that gypsum board around the window had deteriorated because of moisture in the cafeteria. The building was always humid, particularly after rain storms.

Using a sheet of notebook paper, the EDI staff were able to determine that the make-up air fan on the kitchen exhaust hood was not working. Thus, when the hood was on, the cafeteria was under negative pressure, which pulls hot, moist air into the building during late summer and early spring. With the problem identified, the school district was able to take corrective action (i.e. the make-up fan was repaired) and moisture problems have ceased.

From the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17tornado.html?hpw

From The Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) via Architectural Record online:

http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=155817391

During the course of a year, this classroom building will use no more energy than it's PV array generates. (Keep in mind, climatic solution appropriate for Minnesota are not necessarily appropriate for Mississippi.)

Story: http://greensource.construction.com/green_building_projects/2011/1102_Bagley_Classroom.asp

Video: http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=62f7e253607207a682f05ba8aa3819bb7edfea77&rf=bm

Prototype schools -- basic school designs that are created without a specific site or context in mind -- are controversial. Advocates see the benefits of reducing design time and design fees, while detractors question the appropriateness of using prototypes for different sites and for districts with different needs.

An article from Architectural Record online:

http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=155447935

An article on the state of the nation's schools in People magazine. Use the "click to enlarge" button.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20434668,00.html

A radically different way of conceiving a school. From The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=1&hp

An innovative elementary school in Wyoming. From SchoolConstructionNews.

http://www.schoolconstructionnews.com/articles/2010/12/15/wyoming-school-draws-museum-design-local-landscape