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In This Issue

Breaking Out of the Box
Educators and architects team up to reinvent the physical environment of schools.

• Across the Northwest, states struggle with the same math problem: How to stretch not-enough dollars to pay ever-increasing costs for school construction, renovation and maintenance.

New Visions
Two of the region's foremost thinkers on school design share their insights.

Blue Ribbon Planning
In Vancouver, Washington, a district sets out to rebuild its entire infrastructure, using a design process that involves the whole community.

Sites Worth Celebrating
A handful of prize-winning schools in the Northwest share some common themes. Read what they are here.

• A School That Works (Alpha H.S., Gresham, OR.)
• Bricks & Mortar, Heart & Soul (Boise H.S., Boise, ID.)
• A Model Program in a Remodeled Building (Apollo E.S., Issaquah, WA.)
• Lighting the Way to Learning (Alpenglow E.S., Eagle River, AK.)

Designing Places for Discovery
Northwest Education Magazine caught up with Terry Hyer, an Anchorage, Alaska-based architect who has been involved in more than 40 school design projects.

Schoolyard Lessons
More and more schools are finding ways to take education outdoors.

Departments

• In the Library
• Principal's Notebook

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