Month: March 2015

GAO Reports School Facilities Conditions in Native American Schools Operated by The BIE

Sean O'Donnell • March 19, 2015 • Leave a comment

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released, Indian Affairs: Preliminary Results Show Continued Challenges to the Oversight and Support of Education Facilities.The preliminary report focuses on the known conditions of selected Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIE) schools and how effective Indian Affairs is in supporting and overseeing BIE school facilities. GAO stresses that there are issues with the quality of data…

District of Columbia Makes Major Investments in its Neighborhood Public School Facilities

Nancy Huvendick • March 19, 2015 • Leave a comment

After decades of neglect of its PS-12 facilities, beginning in 1994-under community pressure and with technical assistance from the 21st Century School Fund, the District of Columbia started planning for the full modernization of all of its public school facilities. Facilities initiatives started with major repair “blitzes” and then building “stabilization”, in 2000, and, finally, it began a multi-billion dollar…