Throughout the world editors specializing in school books visit teachers and lecturers to promote the writing of the required texts.
Mr. Kaeyer is a partner in the architectural design firm of Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson, which specializes in school renovation and construction.
The cameras at Livingston were installed over the summer of 2002 by EduTech of Dyersburg, Tenn., a company specializing in school security cameras.
Thomas A. Fantacone, a principle of Rothe-Johnson-Fantacone, who specializes in school design and construction, said there were some natural advantages for those who work on such conversions.
Still, John Myers, a consultant who specializes in school financing issues, said that a potential problem with using a statewide average is that it may shortchange districts with a disproportionately large number of special education students.
Into my vortex of cluelessness, I invited three people to help me create a kid-friendly study space: Harris M. Cooper, professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at Duke University; Amy Kiefer, vice president for the educational division of KI, a furniture manufacturer; and Ed Schmidt, an architect with Fanning Howey who specializes in school design.
But he was bitten by the "make a difference bug" at Yale, had his social consciousness raised, earned a law degree from Stanford in 1977 and spent seven years specializing in school desegregation cases for the NAACP Legal leg and Educational Fund Inc. before joining Columbia Law School in 1985.
But there is little evidence to indicate that school resource officers are actually making schools safer, according to Jason Langberg, a lawyer who previously worked for the Legal Aid Justice Center of Virginia and specializes in school policing.
"There is a consensus among the school violence prevention community that we need evidence-based programs," said Russell Skiba, an Indiana University professor who specializes in school discipline and violence prevention.
Michael Podgursky, an economics professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia who specializes in school finance, said Buena Vista is a particularly nasty example of the consolidation of small school districts, aggravated by the recession and burgeoning teacher pension costs.
