Learning Environments
Learning is enhanced by the space where it happens. Discover how to make a difference by optimizing seating arrangements, classroom decor, and even building design.
Podcast: A Flexible Seating Arrangement That Teachers Love
After trying numerous seating arrangements—including rows, blocks, and U shapes—this teacher stumbled on a desk layout that outperformed them all. Here’s how it works.
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Go to My Saved Content.The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.24.3MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.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.
Dos and Don’ts of Classroom Decorations
What you put on your classroom walls can affect your students’ ability to learn.
8 Proactive Classroom Management Tips
New teachers—and experienced ones too—can find ideas here on how to stop disruptive behavior before it begins.1.6MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Classroom Design Tactics to Motivate Students
Teachers can make small shifts in their classroom design to boost engagement, spark curiosity, and celebrate success.
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.956.6kYour 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.971.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Supporting Students to Study Abroad in High School
Studying abroad can be a transformative experience, and there are many resources and scholarships available for students who want to pursue it.2.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.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.
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests.477.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Zones Every Middle School Classroom Should Have
Setting up and organizing a classroom environment with more intention can help maximize the space for student engagement—and learning.217.5kYour content has been saved!
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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.127.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Telling the Story of Learning in Displays of Student Work
By sharing photographs, objectives, and samples in hallways and on bulletin boards, pre-K educators can shift from decorating to documenting learning—and both students and families benefit.280.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.4 Ways Classroom Design Impacts Executive Functioning
Effective classroom design can help elementary students develop skills like organization and task initiation.230.5kYour content has been saved!
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