{"product_id":"blueprint-for-tomorrow-prakash-nair-9781612507040","title":"Blueprint for Tomorrow: Redesigning Schools for Student-Centered Learning","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe United States has about $2 trillion tied up in aging school facilities.\u003c\/b\u003e School districts throughout the country spend about $12 billion every year keeping this infrastructure going. Yet almost all of the new money we pour into school facilities reinforces an existing--and obsolete--model of schooling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Prakash Nair--one of the world's leading school designers--explores the hidden messages that our school facilities and classrooms convey and advocates for the \"alignment\" of the design of places in which we teach and learn with twenty-first-century learning goals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e provides simple, affordable, and versatile ideas for adapting or redesigning school spaces to support student-centered learning. In particular, the author focuses on ways to use current spending to modify existing spaces, and explains which kinds of adaptations offer the biggest return in terms of student learning. The book is organized by area--from classrooms to cafeterias--and is richly illustrated throughout, including \"before and after\" features, \"smart idea\" sidebars, and \"do now\" suggestions for practical first steps. It outlines key principles for designing spaces that support today's learning needs and includes tools to help educators evaluate the educational effectiveness of their own spaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e will open educators' eyes to the ways that architecture and learning are entwined and will challenge them to rethink the ways they teach and work together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prakash Nair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612507042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612507040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014","brand":"Prakash Nair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987944145151,"sku":"9781612507040","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a965931-a5d5-4a28-b194-5fc771fee58f.jpg?v=1683291737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blueprint-for-tomorrow-prakash-nair-9781612507040","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}