{"id":307,"date":"2024-05-16T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2-perkinseastmanthenarrative.dreamhosters.com\/summer2024\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2025-01-29T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:55:24","slug":"proof-positive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/proof-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<link rel=\"preload\" href=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2.webp\" as=\"image\">\n<div class=\"parallax proof-positive\" style=\"min-height:29.5vw;background-position: 0 -10px;background-image: url('https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2.webp')\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" style=\"display: none !important;\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b2eccd6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#6aacca\">\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-541a6b20\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color\" style=\"color:#03324d;font-size:72px;z-index: 2\"><em><span>Proof <\/span> <\/em><strong> <\/strong><span><strong> POSITIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center subheading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60016f9f8560b26e61c6ac3c52bdf08a\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Children, teachers, and communities win when the performance and quality of educational environments improve, a&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;study suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-cc4259ba\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center by-line has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-65bab98621bf3c0f7347d0940e1c4493\" style=\"font-size:18px\">BY <strong>JENNIFER SERGENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-541a6b20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It may seem like common sense to assume that comfortable temperatures, abundant natural light, and a welcoming civic presence would benefit a school\u2019s occupants. But Perkins Eastman has backed that assumption with a decade of research, recently culminating in a multiyear study with Drexel University. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/perkinseastman.com\/projects\/latrobe-prize-study-produces-new-insights-into-benefits-of-school-modernization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addressing a Multi-Billion Dollar Challenge<\/a>\u201d reinforces the firm\u2019s previous work with larger samples that make it statistically significant. The increasingly indisputable message is that the quality of a school\u2019s structure, layout, interiors, and landscape\u2014even its standing in the community\u2014has a material impact on the performance and well-being of those who work, teach, and learn there. The study\u2019s implications for school districts across the country are far-reaching: nearly 50 million children were enrolled in public schools in 2021, and the average age of public schools in the United States is 49 years, based on the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics, yet the nationwide shortfall in maintenance, operations, and capital expenditures at those schools has reached $85 billion annually, according to the \u201c2021 State of Our Schools\u201d report published by the 21st Century School Fund, International WELL Building Institute, and National Council on School Facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group img__1 max-width-1260 is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-64989fb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image max-width-1000 left\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2-1024x370.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2-1024x370.webp 1024w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2-300x108.webp 300w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2-768x277.webp 768w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2-1536x554.webp 1536w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/1L-CW-Harris-1-2.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The modernization of this elementary school changed the layout of its existing building, turning double-loaded classroom corridors into single-loaded corridors that allow light to enliven passageways and flow into classrooms. Photograph&nbsp;\u00a9&nbsp;Joseph&nbsp;Romeo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full display-block m-auto right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perkinseastman.com\/projects\/latrobe-prize-study-produces-new-insights-into-benefits-of-school-modernization\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Addressing-a-Multi-Billion-Dollar-Challenge3.png\" alt=\"The cover of Addressing a Multi-Billion Dollar Challenge\" class=\"wp-image-29\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Addressing-a-Multi-Billion-Dollar-Challenge3.png 316w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Addressing-a-Multi-Billion-Dollar-Challenge3-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Perkins Eastman-Drexel University report, \u201cAddressing a Multi-Billion Dollar Challenge,\u201d was recently published.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Perkins Eastman-Drexel study, published earlier this year, was funded in part by the Latrobe Prize, a biennial $100,000 grant from the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows that supports \u201cresearch leading to significant advances in the architecture profession.\u201d J+J Flooring provided an additional $30,000 as part of its continued support of Perkins Eastman\u2019s research. Testing indoor environmental quality, a school\u2019s \u201ceducational adequacy,\u201d and its community connections, the study compared conditions at 28 modernized and non-modernized schools across District of Columbia and Baltimore City public schools. The K-12 Education practice has since put the assessment tools created for this study to effective use in other school districts. \u201cThey are significantly enhancing our strategic planning capabilities,\u201d says Perkins Eastman Principal Sean O\u2019Donnell, who leads the practice. \u201cWith the addition of these tools, we can help clients really understand the performance and the quality of their learning environments.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group img__2 max-width-1000 is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-94bc23d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full w-auto left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/modernized-classroom.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/modernized-classroom.webp 2000w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/modernized-classroom-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/modernized-classroom-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/modernized-classroom-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/modernized-classroom-1536x1024.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/unmodernized-classroom.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/unmodernized-classroom.webp 2000w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/unmodernized-classroom-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/unmodernized-classroom-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/unmodernized-classroom-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/unmodernized-classroom-1536x1152.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figcaption style=\"margin: auto;text-align: center;max-width:800px\">The difference between the learning ambiance of modernized (left) and unmodernized (right) classrooms is stark. Modernized Photograph \u00a9 Robert Benson Photography; Unmodernized Photograph \u00a9 Perkins Eastman<\/figcaption>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Statistical Foundation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Donnell and his team knew they were onto something when the new building they designed for the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/perkinseastman.com\/projects\/dunbar-senior-high-school\/\">Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School<\/a> opened in 2013, replacing the deteriorated facility it previously occupied in Washington, DC. In achieving its LEED Platinum certification two years later, Dunbar became the highest-scoring LEED for Schools project in the world. Student test scores increased faster than they did at any other school in the district the following year, and graduation rates rose. (The rates have continued upward, from 60.3 percent the year before the new building opened to 83.4 percent in 2022.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on those early numbers, \u201cSean started to say, \u2018I think this is proof that high-performance, sustainable projects contribute to better educational outcomes,\u2019\u201d notes Perkins Eastman Associate Principal and Director of Sustainability Heather Jauregui. That\u2019s when they asked Senior Associate and Design Research Director Emily Chmielewski to begin a regular practice of performing pre- and post-occupancy evaluations on new schools and renovations. Her work led to \u201cInvesting in Our Future,\u201d a 2018 white paper that compared the indoor environmental quality\u2014thermal comfort, daylight, acoustics, and air quality\u2014at nine modernized and nonmodernized schools in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) system. That study found a statistically significant correlation between a modernized school\u2019s indoor environmental quality and its occupants\u2019 improved satisfaction and well-being. Perkins Eastman Principal Patrick Davis, who at the time was the DCPS chief operating officer, presented the results of \u201cInvesting in Our Future\u201d to the city. The mayor and city council \u201cfully bought into really trying to understand and acknowledge that the building modernization program at DCPS was having a positive impact,\u201d he says, \u201cand after that, we saw increases in our budgets.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"parallax school\" style=\"min-height:95vh;background-size: cover;background-position: 0 43px;background-image: url('https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/John-Lewis-ES_0079260.00.J_Photo-Ext-Corner-SW-Amphitheater1-1.webp')\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figcaption style=\"margin: auto;text-align: center\">Modernized schools break free from their walls to bring learning outside\u2014a recognized benefit for student performance, Perkins Eastman\u2019s design researchers have found. Photograph \u00a9 Joseph Romeo<\/figcaption>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opportunity Knocks <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>O\u2019Donnell acknowledges, however, there were still unanswered questions: \u201cWhen we conducted the nine-school study, we didn\u2019t focus on the programming of the buildings\u2014do they support contemporary teaching and learning practices, curricula, and pedagogies?\u201d When the AIA College of Fellows opened its submission process for the 2019 Latrobe Prize, the timing inspired O\u2019Donnell, Jauregui, and Chmielewski to expand their line of inquiry. Davis agreed to be a stakeholder representative for the grant application. And by coincidence, O\u2019Donnell had just met Bruce Levine, a Washington, DC-based clinical professor at Drexel\u2019s School of Education and director of its Education Policy Program. One of Levine\u2019s primary research interests is community schools. \u201cI was interested in exploring how the school building itself impacted various stakeholders and, specifically, the community surrounding it. I hadn\u2019t seen much work done around that,\u201d Levine says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group\u2019s collective expertise and interests proved a winning combination. The Perkins Eastman-Drexel research collaboration, formalized as the Consortium for Design and Education Outcomes (CDEO), secured the 2019 Latrobe Prize, plus the additional funding from J+J Flooring. Although the pandemic delayed some of the fieldwork and altered the collaborators\u2019 approach to some degree, the study showed statistically significant results that confirmed and expanded upon the earlier research. \u201cNow we have the data to support all the beliefs and approaches Perkins Eastman has been preaching for years,\u201d says Associate Principal Karen Gioconda, the study\u2019s project manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study\u2019s findings indicate that modernized schools outperform non-modernized schools in several areas, including indoor environmental quality (echoing the smaller 2018 study); first impressions on arrival; better safety measures and strategies; and \u201cenhanced learning ambiance.\u201d Evidence also emerged, in line with those first indications at Dunbar, that modernization correlated with increases in test scores, graduation rates, and enrollment over time. A modernized school\u2019s strength in the community was harder to quantify due to the pandemic, though early indications were positive and will receive further investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Real-World Applications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even before the report was completed, Davis was using the study\u2019s Visual Assessment Tool (VAT) for strategic consulting. Traditional school assessments evaluate building conditions, O\u2019Donnell explains. \u201cWhile assessing the physical integrity of a building is important, these assessments typically ignore whether the building is actually a supportive place to learn. Is it a good 21st\u2011century school?\u201d The VAT, conducted using a smartphone app, enables users to survey and document conditions such as safety and security, classroom organization, ease of navigation, and indoor and outdoor \u201cambiance.\u201d The VAT is already in its third generation and in use with multiple clients. \u201cWe\u2019re able to show them where they\u2019re deficient in terms of meeting what we identify as a 21st-century learning environment,\u201d Davis says. \u201cIt\u2019s opened up a lot of eyes in terms of what a school building could and should be.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last November, the Colorado Springs school district awarded $80 million for improvements to Palmer High School, which the VAT showed to be most in need of modernization among its four high schools during a district-wide assessment. \u201cThat probably wouldn\u2019t have been done if we didn\u2019t share the VAT data and help the district understand the importance of it,\u201d Davis notes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"411\" src=\"http:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/visual-assessment-tool2.jpg\" alt=\"The 8 factors of defining educational adequacy of a school's learning environment. They are: Presence, Safety and Security, Community, Organization, Instructional Space, Environmental Quality, Assembly, and Extended Learning\" class=\"wp-image-35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/visual-assessment-tool2.jpg 544w, https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/visual-assessment-tool2-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The visual assessment tool created for this study features 234 questions to assess eight factors defining the educational adequacy of a school\u2019s learning environment. Diagram \u00a9 Perkins Eastman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Outward <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cAddressing a Multi-Billion Dollar Challenge\u201d researchers were unable to interview as many students, teachers, parents, and community members as they would have liked during the pandemic. But COVID-19 demonstrated that many people relied on their schools for multiple forms of assistance such as meal pickups and social services, Chmielewski says. \u201cIn some ways, it was interesting for COVID-19 to happen during this study because the community-connectivity piece of it became so much more valuable\u2014we saw clear examples of how a school serves more than just an educational purpose.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDEO has already embarked on a second, related investigation, examining how a school\u2019s design can make it a better community partner with features such as food distribution, adult General Educational Development classrooms, health clinics, and publicly accessible recreational and meeting facilities. In this respect\u2014not to mention the enduring benefits for students, teachers, staff, parents, and other local stakeholders that modernization has already brought about\u2014Perkins Eastman\u2019s decade of groundbreaking research continues to transform the landscape for public school education and its&nbsp;community-wide&nbsp;influence.&nbsp;<strong>N<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-navigation-link-previous wp-block-post-navigation-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/welcome\/\" rel=\"prev\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-navigation-link-next wp-block-post-navigation-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/perkinseastmanthenarrative.com\/summer2024\/engaging-young-minds\/\" rel=\"next\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proof POSITIVE Children, teachers, and communities win when the performance and quality of educational environments improve, a&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;study suggests. 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