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Voices from the field
Mary Filardo, Executive Director, 21st Century School Fund
Mary Filardo, Executive Director of the 21st Century School Fund, explains how the stewardship key performance indicator (SKPI) can be used by school districts and states to create practical benchmarks for maintaining and renewing public school facilities.
Jerry Roseman, Acting Director of Environmental Science and Occupational Safety & Health for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, discusses the uses and limitations of Facility Condition Assessments, and makes the case that they need to be linked with additional qualitative and quantitative data in order to effectively drive school building condition improvements.
Voices from the field
William Savidge
William Savidge, an architect with 30 years of experience working in the educational facility field, describes five key elements that contribute to a successful Educational Facility Master Plan.
National Center on School Infrastructure and APA Public Schools and Communities Division
Join NCSI and APA Public Schools and Communities Division for this webinar exploring how to responsibly manage the reuse of school property in the wake of school closure.
National PTA’s 2026 Convention will be held in-person June 18-20 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council
Join this webinar, hosted by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, to explore how extreme heat events are impacting indoor air quality (IAQ) in K–12 schools across the Western and Southwestern US, and what school systems can do to respond.
Information on funding, recognition, and training programs.
The School Safety Enhancement (SSE) Grants program provides competitive grants to state educational agencies (SEAs) to develop, implement, and strengthen statewide school safety systems and the physical security of schools. The deadline for submission is July 28, 2026.
The Clean Air School Challenge (CASC) is an engagement, recognition, training and technical assistance program that will empower K-12 schools across the country to address indoor air quality.
Businesses and tax-exempt organizations, including schools, can claim the Investment Tax Credit (Sec 48) for ground-source heat pump (aka geothermal heat pump) projects.