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From Shakespeare to Improv - We are asking too much from educators.

The Alignment and Misalignment between the Design and Use of Schools

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Research on Innovative Learning Environments: It’s time for our “Heschong Mahone” moment

Successful Shifts to Innovative Learning Spaces

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Successful Shifts to Innovative Learning Spaces

Check out my latest DLR Group Insight! As I've reached the halfway point of my Fulbright scholarship, I took an opportunity to revisit conversations I had with leaders from 15 Texas school districts prior to my February 2017 departure for Australia. Districts ranged from small to large, rural to urban, and discussions centered around direct experience, or lack thereof, with a shift to innovative spaces. My goal was to venture to Australia understanding the state of play in th

Marysville Getchell High School

I recently took a trip to visit DLR Group's Seattle office, meeting the brilliant minds designing schools in the Pacific Northwest and checking out local schools along the way. One such school was Marysville Getchell High School in Marysville, Washington. This school was one of the first out of DLR's Seattle office and was the 2011 James D. MacConnell winner. This award is not a design award but instead focuses on how the facility functions and meets the educational needs of

Why Schools?

I was first introduced to educational research during my time working at an archive center at Texas A&M and sifting through old research and memos of school architect Bill Caudill, famous for school design and programming in the 1950s and 60s. His passion for making a difference through design, combined with my mother’s firsthand description of teaching seventh graders, led to a passion for improving learning environments. Schools have since been the constant lens through whi

About Me

My name is Raechel (with an "e"). I help design and research schools for a living and initially started this website while living in Melbourne, Australia as a Fulbright Scholar. I am continuing it now after finishing a PhD in Education. I will chronicle research and schools I love, sharing the exciting things happening and providing lessons learned from my research on how to align your practices and your spaces to achieve your teaching and learning goals.

Feel free to contact me at: schooldesignresearch@gmail.com

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SCHOOL DESIGN RESEARCH

Thoughts and research on the design and use of learning spaces

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