Describes a 1,500-student open plan middle school. (JF)

States open education results from an educational philosophy (not spatial manipulation), whereby the whole child may be developed mentally, emotionally, and socially. Suggests inherent advantages of the self-contained classroom provide a viable environment for open education. (AH)

Cherry Creek (Colorado) has been building schools since the open plan became popular. Tracing their design development reveals a trend for the 80s. (Author/MLF)

A mathematics department head's experiences with developing and supervising an open classroom department are related. (MP)

Good planning, favorable labor and construction conditions, and a little bit of luck combined in a Wisconsin elementary school built for $18.74 per square foot. (Author/MLF)

The Fremont Elementary School in Santa Ana, California, built underground, provides an earthquake resistant structure, conserves energy, and makes better use of land. (Author/MLF)

The scramble cafeteria permits patrons to go directly to serving stations rather than wait in a single line; three rotating instructional shells can transform a 58-square-foot room into one, two, or three stations. (Author/MLF)

Shows that while no significant differences in number concepts were observed, traditionally grouped students were better readers after the first grade than children in an open-area class. (RB)

In a pinch for spaces a New Jersey school district turned an abandoned supermarket into an open plan school -- in two short months, for less than $1.40 per square foot. Remodeling was accomplished by a few vocational education students, their teachers, and parents. (Author)

Attempts to analyze the realities of current practice in spatial arrangement of ordinary infants' schools and to discuss some aspects of their boundary maintenance. Based on observations made and conversations and interviews conducted in 27 schools in four outer London boroughs. (Author/EA)

The mechanical devices used to heat and cool a totally air conditioned elementary school are exposed to the students' view so that the teachers can explain to their pupils the basic mechanicss of heating and cooling. (Author)

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between physical openness and climate openness and also to determine whether there is a significant relationship between organizational climate and operational life of open-space elementary schools. (Author)

The term "open education" has often been confused with the concept of open area classrooms, not only among educators and the public, but in research as well. The effects of these two concepts were tested in a study of 56 teachers and their students in fifth- and sixth-grade classes in British Columbia. The results showed classroom types…