Flexible Classrooms
Flexible classrooms aren’t only about furniture—they’re also about mindset and pedagogy. Learn how you can utilize space to amplify student engagement.
27 Ways to Optimize Your Classroom Design for Better Learning
A research-based lineup of smart, effective classroom design tips that support deep learning, reduce distraction, and build belonging.11 Smart Student Desk Layouts
How classroom seating—from traditional rows to Socratic circles and L-shaped clusters—alters classroom dynamics and shapes learning outcomes.Research-Based Tips for Optimal Seating Arrangements
The right approach to seating works behind the scenes to keep students focused on learning while minimizing disruptions, research suggests.
Classroom Design Essentials for Educators
A collection of our popular articles and videos on budget-friendly, research-backed ways to set up your classroom—and how to keep students, spaces, and SEL in mind.27.4kYour content has been saved!
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Dos and Don’ts of Classroom Decorations
What you put on your classroom walls can affect your students’ ability to learn.
Flexible Classrooms: Research Is Scarce, But Promising
An ambitious study of 153 classrooms in the United Kingdom provides the best evidence that flexible spaces can boost academic performance.47.9kYour content has been saved!
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7 Outstanding K–8 Flexible Classrooms
K–8 educators from across the country give you a peek at their classrooms—and explain how they managed the transformations.48.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Science of Classroom Design
Our comprehensive, all-in, research-based look at the design of effective learning spaces.Why My Classroom Furniture Never Stays Still for Long
Rearranging the desks and tables depending on the learning activity signals to students that they also need a shift in thinking.
Flexible Seating and Student-Centered Classroom Redesign
How a visit to Starbucks inspired a change to flexible seating—and then some changes in teaching philosophy.28.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Research-Backed Ideas to Upgrade Your Classroom
As teachers prepare their classrooms for a new school year, these low-cost changes can make a big difference in students’ learning experience.
Designing Flexible Seating With Students
A veteran elementary teacher shares what he’s learned from eight years of building a student-centered environment.16kYour content has been saved!
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High School Flexible Seating Done Right
Interested in switching to flexible seating? Get funding ideas, helpful tips, and how-to photos from the pros—your fellow high school teachers.19.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Reflections on Shifting to a Flexible Classroom
A middle school teacher shares the benefits of giving students voice and choice in their learning environment.12.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.10 Common Flexible Seating Myths
An elementary teacher who has been using flexible seating for over a decade responds to the concerns he hears most frequently from other teachers.6.4kYour content has been saved!
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