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Teachers have long known that not every student is perfectly suited to traditional classroom setups, but with budgets tight, doling out individual attention is not always a reality. What if there was ...
The teacher’s educational philosophy will be reflected in the layout of the classroom. Robert Sommer Ever walk into a classroom and just feel good? I certainly have. On a few recent school visits, I ...
For teachers, there's probably nothing more annoying than having to deal with a class full of students who might not necessarily vibe well with each other. But one teacher in particular seems to have ...
More teachers are using flexible, or flex, seating inside their classrooms. It allows students to learn while sitting on the floor, a yoga ball, or even on a crate at school. For the second year in a ...
The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best classroom seating arrangements? Figuring out seating arrangements is one of the most important decisions we teachers have to make—not only about ...
Wearing a sweatshirt over a bright blue anti-bullying shirt, Alayna Hurley sat in a chair facing Kristi Sikora- Blankenship’s desk, working quietly on a test as her classmates were strewn behind her ...
WEBVTT >> SOME PEOPLE WOULD THINK IT'S CHAOTIC, IT WORKS FOR US. REPORTER: IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL CLASSROOM. EMILY STARKEY'S STUDENTS DON'T SIT AT DESKS. >> WE HAVE STOOLS, WE HAVE BUCKET SEATS, WE ...
Andersen Elementary School teacher Alexandria Gladstone-Lamas wants her classroom to be more like a Google office. Gone are traditional desks and chairs — they were moved to a separate room at the ...
A study conducted in Hungarian schools showed that seating students next to each other boosted their tendency to become friends—both for pairs of similar students and pairs of students who differed in ...