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Ever since the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, people across the globe have gained access to seemingly endless amounts of information. Cell phones, apps, and other convenient technologies [...]

It’s Friday evening, and the game is on. The stands are filled, the smell of hotdogs is in the air, the band is playing, the team is warming up, and there are school colors everywhere. It [...]

In 2023, the education industry will face myriad challenges, including labor shortages and employee burnout in its food service programs. This, in turn, will affect student satisfaction. Children [...]

New breakthroughs combining robotics and electric power tools for campus landscaping are coming just in time. More new ordinances are regulating that landscape and turf maintenance activities [...]

Gone are the days of harried teachers elbowing each other for turns in the copier room. Today’s next-generation photocopiers in schools are more valuable than ever to educators. In fact, [...]

The worst thing about catastrophes is their unpredictability; it can be impossible to determine when or where a natural disaster might strike. However, school districts can prepare for the worst [...]

By Ted Witt, AEPA Board Member If your school district ordered a set of Chromebook computers and was told to wait in line, or if your purchasing agent noticed a ream of copy paper costing upwards [...]

Buying agencies demanding high standards of ethics from their purchasing cooperatives need not look further than AEPA. By Ted Witt, AEPA Board Member School district purchasing agents — and every [...]

Organic waste disposal is now at the forefront of new issues facing school districts and other local governments. Unrecycled organic waste contributes to climate change, methane pollution, and [...]

By Thomas Kim, AEPA Oversight Committee Chair School heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems have moved from a behind-the-scenes role to a front-of-house star now that students [...]