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      <copyright>Copyright 2011</copyright>
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         <title>Schools Re-open in Joplin, MO, after Tornado</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/us/18joplin.html?_r=1&hpw">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/us/18joplin.html?_r=1&hpw</a>]]></description>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:38:09 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Interesting Take on Playground Safety</title>
         <description><![CDATA[From <em>The New York Times</em>:

<a href="http://blogs.msstate.edu/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi">http://blogs.msstate.edu/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/07/interesting_take_on_playground.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Safety &amp; Security</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:56:46 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>EDI Identifies HVAC Problem at Mississippi School</title>
         <description>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.

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         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/04/edi_identifies_hvac_problem_at.html</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:34:03 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Shelters at Oklahoma Schools Survive Tornado</title>
         <description><![CDATA[From the New York Times:

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17tornado.html?hpw">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/us/17tornado.html?hpw</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/04/shelters_at_oklahoma_school_su.html</link>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:30:56 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>More Pressure for Prototype Schools?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[From <em>The Record</em> (Bergen County, New Jersey) via <em>Architectural Record</em> online:

<a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=155817391">http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=155817391</a>


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         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/02/more_pressure_for_prototype_schools.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Money</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:53:05 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>A Zero-Net Energy Classroom</title>
         <description><![CDATA[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:  <a href="http://greensource.construction.com/green_building_projects/2011/1102_Bagley_Classroom.asp">http://greensource.construction.com/green_building_projects/2011/1102_Bagley_Classroom.asp</a>

Video:  <a href="http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=62f7e253607207a682f05ba8aa3819bb7edfea77&rf=bm">http://construction.com/video/?fr_story=62f7e253607207a682f05ba8aa3819bb7edfea77&rf=bm</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/02/a_zero-net_energy_classroom.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Green Schools</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:19:18 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>U.K. Considers Prototype Schools</title>
         <description><![CDATA[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 <em>Architectural Record</em> online:

<a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=155447935">http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=155447935</a>

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         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/02/uk_considers_prototype_schools.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:51:54 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>&quot;Falling Down&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[An article on the state of the nation's schools in <em>People</em> magazine.  Use the "click to enlarge" button.

<a href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20434668,00.html">http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20434668,00.html</a>

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         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/02/falling_down.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:47:31 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Virtual Classrooms Called &quot;Tip of the Iceberg&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[A radically different way of conceiving a school.  From <em>The New York Times</em>:

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=1&hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/education/18classrooms.html?_r=1&hp</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/01/virtual_classrooms_called_tip.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:13:14 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Summit Elementary School</title>
         <description><![CDATA[An innovative elementary school in Wyoming.  From <em>SchoolConstructionNews</em>.

<a href="http://www.schoolconstructionnews.com/articles/2010/12/15/wyoming-school-draws-museum-design-local-landscape">http://www.schoolconstructionnews.com/articles/2010/12/15/wyoming-school-draws-museum-design-local-landscape</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/01/summit_elementary_school.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:48:33 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Columbus, Miss., Community Excited about New Middle School</title>
         <description><![CDATA[An editorial from <em>The Dispatch</em>:

<a href="http://www.cdispatch.com/opinions/article.asp?aid=9570">http://www.cdispatch.com/opinions/article.asp?aid=9570</a>

Citizens tour the new school:

<a href="http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=9586">http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=9586</a>

A story in <em>Architect</em> magazine:

<a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-newswire/middle-school-is-new-crown-jewel.aspx?cid=ARCH110113002">http://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-newswire/middle-school-is-new-crown-jewel.aspx?cid=ARCH110113002</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/01/columbus_miss_community_excited_about_new_middle_school.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:29:51 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Schools of the 21st Century</title>
         <description><![CDATA[New website from <em>Architectural Record</em> magazine.  I have not reviewed every page, but the website is worth a look.

<a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/schools/default.asp">http://archrecord.construction.com/schools/default.asp</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2011/01/schools_of_the_21st_century.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:22:33 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Renovate or Build New?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[An article from SchoolConstructionNEWS.

<a href="http://www.schoolconstructionnews.com/articles/2010/06/9/renovate-or-build-new">http://www.schoolconstructionnews.com/articles/2010/06/9/renovate-or-build-new</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2010/12/renovate_or_build_new.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:14:26 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Back to the Future?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[An interesting article from Slate on classroom design.

"Classrooms in countries with the highest-performing students contain very little tech wizardry, generally speaking.  They look, in fact, a lot like American ones -- circa 1989 or 1959."

<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/%202271733?wpisrc=obinsite">http://www.slate.com/id/%202271733?wpisrc=obinsite</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2010/12/back_to_the_future.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:24:47 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>U.S. Justice Department Forces School District to Consolidate</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Changes coming to the Leake County School District.  From the <em>Clarion-Ledger</em>:

<a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101127/NEWS/11270342/Leake+school+moves+slated">http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20101127/NEWS/11270342/Leake+school+moves+slated</a>]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.msstate.edu/edi/2010/11/us_justice_department_forces_s.html</link>
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                  <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">General</category>
        
        
         <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:16:17 -0600</pubDate>
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