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HONOLULU-The state Board of Education Committee has given its initial approval to plans to bring in outside consultants to help turn around to struggling schools. An additional four will be…

ATLANTA-Place Properties, a student housing developer, owner and operator, developed and delivered more than 4,000 beds of Class A student housing in 2004, serving seven different campuses across the country….

RESTON, Va.-The American Society of Civil Engineers released a new report card on March 9, 2005, outlining the condition of the nation’s infrastructure needing the most repair. To determine the…

CUMMING, Ga.-On March 15, voters in Forsyth County approved a $170 million bond for the school system that will be used to build five new schools. Proceeds from the bond…

TRENTON, N.J.-On Dec. 14, New Jersey voters approved 25 of 33 school construction proposals, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association. The approvals total $514 million in construction funds….

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-When the 2005 Arkansas 85th General Assembly convened Jan. 10, it faced the final report to the Joint Committee on Educational Facilities, released Nov. 30, 2004, which calls…

NEW YORK-A court-appointed panel found that $9.2 billion worth of new classrooms, laboratories, libraries and other facilities were needed to relieve overcrowding, reduce class sizes and give the city’s 1.1…

TRENTON, N.J.-On Dec. 14, New Jersey voters approved 25 of 33 school construction proposals, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association. The approvals total $514 million in construction funds….

NEW YORK-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Robin Hood Foundation are partnering in an effort to rebuild 25 elementary school libraries by September 2006. The Robin Hood Foundation, a nonprofit organization…

DURHAM, N.C.-As planning discussions take shape, graduate students at Duke University are taking steps to ensure that new plans for the central campus accommodate the growing graduate student population. Currently,…