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"The Living Schoolyards Act Lecture Series: Mental and Physical Health Benefits," Green Schoolyards America.

"Making the Case for Schools That Don't Look Like Prisons, Education Week. March 13, 2023.
"A Collaborative Model for Designing with Communities," Penn State Stuckeman 2023 Lecture Series. January 2023.
"Mental Health Design and the COVID Classroom," Architect Magazine.
The Landscape Architecture Podcast, “Schools That Heal.” Claire Latané is interviewed by Joanna Karaman. September 13, 2021.
Latané, Claire. “What if the Elephant IS the Room? School Design for Public Health, Equity, and Climate Resilience.”In Ten Strands. July 21, 2021. The blog of non-profit Ten Strands: Connecting Education, Environment, and Community.
Latané, Claire. “Schools Should Be Designed to Address Students’ Trauma.”In The Progressive Magazine. July 21, 2021.
Latané, Claire. “Let’s Keep Teaching Outdoors: Disease prevention is just one of many reasons to educate kids outdoors.”In The Progressive Magazine. April 2021.
Fernandes, Deepa. “Without Walls: How Some LA and OC Schools Are Embracing Outdoor Learning.”On KQED, The California Report Magazine. April 19, 2021.
“Supporting Student Resilience by Using Outdoor Spaces for Learning and Play.”California Department of Education Using Outdoor Spaces to Improve Students’ Health and Well-being Webinar Series. April 15, 2021.
“Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind.”In Crafting Sustainable K12 Policy & Practice in Response to COVID-19, a National Council on School Facilities and Cooperative Strategies Webinar Series. April 12, 2021.
Schuler, Timothy. “School in Season: The Movement for Well-Designed Outdoor Classrooms Gets A Push from the Pandemic.”In Landscape Architecture Magazine. November 2020.
“Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind.”National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative’s Community of Practice for Early Adopter Schools and Districts webinar series. October 27, 2020.
Smith, Carl. 2020. “Will the Outdoors Become the New Classroom of the COVID Era.”In August 28, 2020.
Berg, Nate. 2020. “The quest to reopen schools by moving classes outside.”In Fast Company. July 25, 2020.
Margolies, Jane. 2019. “The Schoolyard Is Sick.”In Landscape Architecture Magazine. June 2019.
Latané, Claire. 2017. “Love and Fear in Los Angeles.” In The Dirt.