One of the most important decisions that teachers make at the start of the school year—and continue to consider throughout ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Replace rows of desks with varied workspaces and movable furniture to empower students to take hold of their own learning. Eli has been eagerly pursuing a journalistic career since he left the ...

THOMASVILLE — A typical classroom is lined with standard desks. Vanessa Singley’s classroom at Scott Elementary is different. No “traditional” desks. A first-year fifth grade math teacher, Singley’s ...

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 ...

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 ...