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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

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June 24, 2025

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” –  Benjamin Franklin Establishing an Integrated pest management (IPM) program for your school buildings and grounds...

October 13, 2020

The time of the falling leaves has come again Once more in our morning walk we tread upon carpets of gold and crimson, of brown and bronze, woven by the winds or the rains out of...

September 21, 2020

“When it comes to student learning and achievement, the physical environment is a full partner” – Dr Lorraine Maxwell, Cornell University  Another annual NYSIPM Conference...

July 28, 2020

Schools across the world are having conversations about safely sending teachers, students, and the rest of the school staff back for face-to-face education during a global...

March 11, 2020

northeastipmorg/schools// Back in 2013, the Northeast School IPM Working Group (NESIWG) received a Partnership Grant from the Northeastern IPM Center to develop a Best...

March 4, 2020

“When it comes to student learning and achievement, the physical environment is a full partner” - Dr Lorraine Maxwell, Cornell University Despite decades of promoting school...

October 17, 2019

Learning never exhausts the mind -Leonardo da Vinci One of the key tenants of IPM is knowing your pests, or potential pests, and risks Learning opportunities become a valuable...

December 5, 2018

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” -  Benjamin Franklin We at the New York State IPM Program work to ensure we are up on the latest information that is...

October 22, 2018

“The more we hear people telling us their tick stories, the more we're realizing that much of the information that a majority of people "know" about ticks is just wrong enough...

February 7, 2018

Year in and out, outreach to schools has our community IPM staff going back to school Literally We work with maintenance staff, nurses, groundskeepers, teachers, and parents We...