IN JULY'S ISSUE

Features:
Transportation
School Bus Basics
By Bob Anderson

If your school needs a new/used vehicle to transport students, there are some basics that you should know. Keeping the following considerations in mind while you shop for a school bus can help your school avoid legal issues, purchase the right type of vehicle, and save money.

Athletic Facilities
Planning, Designing, and Building Your Sports Field
By Chad Price

Over the past 20 years of increasingly complex design challenges and the growing, high-use demands on athletic fields, sports field design and construction has emerged as a uniquely specialized craft. It requires not only years of experience to be able to meet and master these challenges but also a substantial investment in the development of the highly specialized work force and custom-designed equipment it takes to perform this work properly, as envisioned and designed…and to do it on time and on the money.

Exterior
Protecting Your School Exterior with Security Window Film
By Marty Watts

Conventional window glass was not designed to resist windblown debris, earthquakes, explosions, and terrorist attacks. Subject to such stresses, existing glass often breaks into lethal shards to be hurled from the window frame, endangering school building occupants and passersby. Broken glass causes property damage that would not have occurred had the glass remained in its frame.

Teaching Aids
Using Interactive Whiteboards as Engaging Teaching Aids
By Claire Callaghan

Engage. Lately, it seems to be the word of the day in education. Parents, faculty, and even national leaders are all devoting much thought to how they can engage modern students in active learning and the pursuit of knowledge in this ever-evolving, media-rich and technology-savvy world. How can teachers capture the attention of a student who spends two hours a day watching television and 15 hours a week playing video games, while communicating constantly through text messages and Facebook?

Top Products

Each July, to kick off another school year, we give you our roundup of the hottest products and services that came across our desks from manufacturers and dealers in the school market.