This story about classroom design was produced by The ... sitting on top of it. “I had 30 students, so the desks took up the entire room,” she said. “I decided they had to go.” ...

But the classroom at Elton Hills Elementary School doesn't go quite that far. Instead, the school replaced the standard desks and chairs with adjustable podiums that allow students to stand ...

Gladstone-Lamas said she was inspired to try flexible seating in her classroom a few years ago after using a yoga ball instead of a desk chair. In years past she’s welcomed students to bring ...

Carson High School teacher Mark Elmore shared his thoughts on the desks. “Just like everything, there’s a good and bad side. While the desks add more room to the classroom, they take from the students ...

These are the same desks I used when I was a student. As I clean, I imagine what my classroom would look like – what it might become – with an interior makeover. It is not often that we see an ...

Students helped design the new classroom. Now they will get stools that are clustered around each of the two teachers’ desks so they can wiggle during small-group lessons. “They’re able to ...

One teacher in Shallotte is hoping to prevent that for her students as well as give them a flexible way to learn. Stacie Mann, a teacher at Shallotte Middle School would like to buy standing desks for ...

For more than half of all students in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, school days are spent sitting on the classroom floor. Without desks or chairs, it's harder to focus, harder to ...

The new program will expand the offerings for one classroom each of 4th-and-5th-grade students, with a curriculum based around nearly full-time outdoor learning. It was described by the district ...