9 Billion Schools: One School’s Journey – Educational Design Trends
Educational facility designs are changing in response to broader shifts in education. In this post, SHP Leading Design architects Jeff Parker and Dick Thomas outline 11 facility design trends and how they impact education.
The 9 Billion Schools “One School’s Journey” series covers SHP’s futurecasting efforts with Mercy McAuley High School. During the two-day futurecasting session, the transition team heard from various speakers on issues affecting the future of education—all with the goal of helping this new high school define how best to serve its students not just today, but 10 years in the future.
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Our futurecasting exercise with Mercy McAuley High School set out to help them imagine what their new school will look like 10 years from now and to determine what steps they must take to realize that future. After presentations from various stakeholders on issues impacting the future of education, the group participated in a persona development exercise.
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