Carson High School upgraded the desks in a few of their classrooms last December. Single desks were replaced with the new two-student desks with independent chairs. “I love them!” Carson junior Alesi ...

Designing a classroom takes more than just putting furniture in place. The desk setup influences how students interact, how the teacher moves, and how well the room functions throughout the day. With ...

In my first year of teaching, I thought I was incredibly innovative and forward-thinking when I set up my classroom. After all, instead of rows of desks, I made clusters of desks—ta-da! Collaborative ...

Multi-touch screens are very fashionable these days, but there are not many practical applications for them. Now, researchers at Durham University in the UK are using them to develop the world's first ...

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