Which type of student seating is better—traditional or flexible? The way I see it, there’s nothing wrong with traditional seating. For years students have learned well when sitting in desks and chairs. On the flip side, there are certainly plenty of children who could learn better if they were in more comfortable seating. You want…
It’s a brand-new school year—a fresh beginning. This makes it the perfect time to update, replace, and give things you no longer use the ol’ heave-ho. My good buddy, a fourth-grade teacher, gave her desk the ol’ heave-ho. As she explained to me, she rarely uses the desk, which takes up valuable classroom space. And…
When I got my very first teaching job, I walked into my classroom, and everything was stacked in a huge jumble. There was, of course, no evidence of how the teacher before me had arranged things. And I was a bit clueless. So I spent a good amount of time moving tables and desks and…