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Flexible Seating Options for Any Learning Space

The days of sitting in a desk chair all day are on their way out, as studies and students show that a little flexibility in seating options can improve engagement and performance. Check out all the...

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Creating an Effective Early Childhood Classroom Layout

Just as important as the furnishings and supplies in your early childhood classroom are the ways in which you choose to place and organize them. The right layout can help to encourage learning, improve...

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Creating an Ideal Early Childhood Classroom Space

The ideas early childhood classroom offers the right amount of space and furnishings to go along with the right tools and supplies. Thoughtful and purposeful design come together to make the best...

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Exciting Updates from the Extra Yard for Teachers Summit 2018

The combination of motivational speakers, inspirational educators, and the excitement of the College Football Playoff National Championship was a recipe for a successful Extra Yard for Teachers Summit...

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School Specialty Classroom Makeover Giveaway at 2018 Extra Yard for Teachers...

The team at School Specialty, working in partnership with the non-profit College Football Playoff Foundation, is giving away a series of classroom makeovers to teachers of Atlanta, GA . During the...

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What a True 21st Century, Collaborative Learning Environment Looks Like

This year’s EDspaces Conference proved to be another exciting and insightful gathering of facility planning, maintenance and construction leaders in the education market. Taking center stage was the...

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Why You Should Attend the Next World Maker Faire

Inside Look at World Maker Faire NYC 2017 The Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth took place this past weekend, September 23 & 24, at the New York Hall of Science. Makers, tinkerers, and builders...

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Strongsville Middle School – Case Study

Strongsville Middle School Brings the 21st Century Learning Experience to Students In 2013, the Strongsville City School District in Strongsville, Ohio recognized that the two middle schools serving...

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Benefits of Bean Bag Seating in Your Early Childhood Classroom

Part of helping students to enjoy learning or reading is making their first experiences fun and comfortable both mentally and physically. There are few seating options as versatile and cozy as a bean...

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Addressing the 21st Century’s Safety Concerns

Unfortunately, the news seems littered with stories of harm coming to gatherings of people. Perhaps no such gathering is more valuable than the one that happens every day in the nation’s schools. But...

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Designing a Cafeteria that Works for You

There is only one room in a school that brings in revenue every day – the cafeteria. Yet they are often an afterthought when designing or renovating a school. Not only can they be made into valuable,...

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The Right Classroom to Support Special Learners

Students who require support for their varying exceptionalities need furnishings that are just that – varied. Many different exceptionalities tend to be grouped together in one classroom, making...

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The Career & Technical Education Renaissance

The vast majority of jobs created during the recent economic recovery require high-skilled workers. Many of these jobs continue to go unfilled because a lack of candidates. Part of the reason is a...

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21st Century Education is Reality in Yorkville

Recently, Yorkville High School in Yorkville, IL, was featured in a video produced by EdTech Magazine that highlighted the school’s recent transformation into a state-of-the-art collaborative learning...

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Illinois’ Maryville Christian School Partners with School Specialty on 21st...

For today’s educational setting, with student growth typically comes the need for new or enhanced spaces for both students and faculty, and with that, furniture and equipment to appropriately support...

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L’Ouverture Elementary Brings Modern, 21st Century Learning Spaces to Students

The L’Ouverture Career Explorations and Technology Magnet School in Wichita, Kansas, recently completed a major classroom renovation project with School Specialty to outfit 18 classrooms (K-5) with...

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Great Spaces for Early Childhood Education

It seems that with almost every study that comes out revealing new insights into how the brain best learns, early childhood seems to be the key. Not only do we find the building blocks for future...

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Versatile Cafeteria Seating Solutions

In early 2015, the Fort Worth Independent School District in Fort Worth, TX recognized that the cafeteria furniture in its schools was worn, outdated and in need of replacement. The District partnered...

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Creating the Right STEAM Lab for Your School

When the nation started renewing its educational focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects, some educators felt that the approach came at the expense of art. In many...

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Makerspaces: Places for Hands-On Learning and Exploring

Although hands-on learning has been around for decades, a lot of difference lies between being able to touch something and being able to create something. The latter allows students to practice skills...

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