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Article: Learning space; Architects team with educators to make schools pupil-friendly.(LIFE - SCHOOLS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 9, 2003
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Byline: Ann Geracimos, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Few public schools have a marble fireplace with a gas-generated flame in their library's quiet room, but such a place exists at the renovated Idea Public Charter School in Northeast, formerly Carver Elementary.
More surprisingly, it's there because of a suggestion put forward by Marcus Horne, 17, of Northwest, a senior at the school who plans to attend George Mason University in the fall.
Some people might see the well-appointed room as a needless and expensive bit of luxury, today's farseeing architects consider it an example of how good school design can affect the way students learn.
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