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...
As advocates for healthy schools, we believe that every student deserves a safe and conducive learning environment. But it’s not always easy to identify exactly why or how a given school—or school system—is failing to make the grade when it comes...
On Tuesday, February 6, Governor Josh Shapiro gave his annual budget address—and in it, he told a surprising story. “A couple months ago, I had a meeting with [State] Representative Fiedler in my office,” the Governor recalled. “I was a little...
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...
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...