Effective School Facilities: A Developmental Guidebook

School Administrator, June, 1996 by Angela Maynard Sewall

Jerry Herman has made a vital contribution to administrator preparation and practice through Effective School Facilities: A Development Guide. Thoughtfully and thoroughly presented, the text invites the reader to consider school facilities in a new light, as an integral part of the instructional program.

Herman provides updated information about remodeling and building in light of modern technology, variant teaching and learning styles, and the need for flexibility in building designs. He brings his strong background in planning and assessment to bear in discussions of finance, new construction, and the importance of cooperative community involvement.

The book is readable and well organized and it provides key current information for any practitioner involved in planning, remodeling, or constructing schools. The advice is appropriate for architects, construction managers, and professors of educational administration. Herman, himself a professor, even broaches the subject of modular buildings and the sometimes controversial issue of portable classrooms.

(Effective School Facilities: A Developmental Guidebook, by Jerry J. Herman, Technomic Publishing Go., 1995, 193 pp. with index, $35 hardcover)