As teachers, you know that the physical space of the classroom — the seating and the comfort of the space — can make a huge impact on how interactive and engaged your students are with the study ...

Walk into Jeff Conner’s classroom at Union High School and you’ll wonder if you’ve entered a Silicon Valley tech startup rather than a geometry class. Students sprawled out on a couch, leaning over ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent article, I shared some ideas about how seating challenges can reveal useful data about class chemistry and individual students during the first week of school. But what next? How can 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 ...

BLOOMINGTON — Pillows and a plush rug line the floor of Mandy White’s third-grade classroom at Stevenson Elementary School and swivel chairs are scooted up to tables of varying heights. Traditional ...

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 ...

Last year, when EdTech: Focus on K–12 reported on the trend of teachers getting rid of desks in the classroom, we heard from numerous educators who’d successfully gone deskless and loved it. Similarly ...