Military Base
Business Observer - April 22, 2025
For decades now MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has been known as the operations hub for the U.S. military’s missions in the Middle East. It is home to the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Special Operations Command, along with several Air Force groups. But the 5,767-acre base sitting on Tampa Bay may soon…
Illinois
Naperville Community Television - June 13, 2025
A large-scale renovation billed as “thrilling” and “welcoming” is in the works at Waubonsie Valley High School. The 50-year-old school serving roughly 2,700 students is undergoing $143.8 million in modernizations, with $130 million funded by the district’s recent bond referendum. The work aims to improve circulation, visibility and natural light within the building, and to…
Michigan
Michigan Department of Education - April 21, 2025
A nearly $23 billion investment is necessary to carry out much-needed infrastructure work in schools across Michigan over 10 years, according to a recent presentation to the State Board of Education. The report, produced by Plante Moran Realpoint and in collaboration with Barton Malow Builders, overseen by the School Finance Research Foundation, focuses on school…
Connecticut
Patch - June 8, 2025
Mayor Caroline Simmons on Thursday announced that $576 million in total state funding has been authorized for the Westhill High School and Roxbury Elementary School projects. The authorization was included in the state bond act, House Bill 7288, which passed on Wednesday, June 4. With the latest authorization, the maximum state grant commitment totals $434.8…
Pennsylvania
WHYY.org - May 25, 2025
Pennsylvania’s Financing Authority announced that 25 Philly-area schools and community colleges have received grants of up to $500,000 for solar installations, as part of the $22.6 million in state funding distributed across Pennsylvania. The funding comes from the Solar for Schools Program, originally introduced as a bill by state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, and signed…
National
Campus Safety Magazine - January 27, 2025
In an era where safety concerns have become an unavoidable reality, schools must prioritize robust and comprehensive emergency response plans. From natural disasters to security threats, these blueprints outline how schools and school districts will prevent and address situations that threaten school safety, such as violence, natural disasters, and medical emergencies. Students and educators deserve…
National
Spaces4Learning - March 11, 2025
Architects, designers, and educators alike understand that the needs of our students are constantly changing. The skills and topics taught today are vastly different from those taught even a decade ago. Potential careers in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) have expanded drastically, with educational pathways in fields like robotics, business, esports, as well…
Maine
The Maine Monitor - June 15, 2025
As children played at recess during one of the final weeks of the school year, MSAD 58 Superintendent Laura Columbia explained how several towns began pushing to leave the school district this spring, mainly out of concern that their communities could lose their local schools. “I’m not coming here to try to close a school,…
Alaska
KYUK.org - March 16, 2025
For decades, dozens of rural school districts have been asking the state for money to fix a range of serious health and safety problems. Only a small percentage of that money has come through. Southeast Island School District Superintendent Rod Morrison got a chance to be heard. He was in Juneau to testify before the…
Nevada
The Nevada Independent - January 26, 2025
Tens of millions of dollars allocated to replace a dilapidated, 70-year-old campus serving students who live on a reservation near the Nevada-Idaho border was considered one of the biggest triumphs for tribal communities in the 2023 legislative session. But the building cost estimate quickly exceeded the original number — the Owyhee Combined School’s remote location…