Community & Engagement

Introducing the Healthy School Buildings Web Platform: A New Era of School Environment Transparency

Nov 14, 2024 | Community & Engagement, Featured, Infrastructure & Facilities, Policy & Advocacy

In our ongoing mission to transform the landscape of school environments, we are working on the Healthy School Buildings (HSB) informational website and web app. Building on the foundation set by the PFT Healthy Schools Tracker, this new platform represents a...

Introduction: The State of Schools

Jan 18, 2024 | Community & Engagement, Policy & Advocacy

As an environmental science consultant and advisor for direct and near-direct stakeholders (educational sector unions, parents and environmental and school health, safety and condition advocacy organizations) for many years, including my...

Our Schools, Our Challenge: Understanding the Urgency of School Facility Improvements

Jan 15, 2024 | Community & Engagement, Environmental & Health Hazards, Infrastructure & Facilities, Policy & Advocacy

As the Director of Environmental Science for a major teachers' union, I'm here to help put the situation of deteriorating school infrastructure into context, and to discuss the cascading--and consequential--impacts of inadequate school building...