Elementary school teacher Kathryn Prouse admitted that this seating chart has helped her better understand the needs and personality of her students. For teachers, there's probably nothing more ...

Teachers have long known that not every student is perfectly suited to traditional classroom setups, but with budgets tight, doling out individual attention is not always a reality. What if there was ...

Ricky oversees and leads the editorial team for EdTech: Focus on K-12 magazine. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, superhero lover and eternally curious. Similarly, some teachers believe there ...

You would never believe how much time and attention teachers put into this one area of classroom management: student seating arrangements. "It is a big deal," Salt Lake City educator Aimee Jensen ...

In a recent article, I shared some ideas about how seating challenges can reveal useful data about class chemistry and individual students during the first week of school. But what next? How can we ...

Wearing a sweatshirt over a bright blue anti-bullying shirt, Alayna Hurley sat in a chair facing Kristi Sikora- Blankenship’s desk, working quietly on a test as her classmates were strewn behind her ...

The teacher’s educational philosophy will be reflected in the layout of the classroom. Robert Sommer Ever walk into a classroom and just feel good? I certainly have. On a few recent school visits, I ...

An Abilene educator revamped her classroom over Christmas break. A second grade classroom at Abilene Christian School no longer has traditional seating. Teacher Lyndsey Steffek said, "I was very ...

To explore this question, Rohrer and colleagues conducted an experiment in which they created randomized classroom seating charts for 2,966 students in grades 3 through 8 across 40 schools in rural ...