{"id":984,"date":"2019-09-06T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T02:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlk.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=984"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:40:05","slug":"listening-to-high-school-students-learning-space-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vlkarchitects.com\/listening-to-high-school-students-learning-space-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to High School Students: Purposefully-Designed Spaces and the Impact on Students&#8217; Engagement in Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a part of our continued partnership with The University of Texas at Tyler, VLK Architects was interested in studying the perceptions of students who moved from a repurposed school into a newly designed high school. 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