The human brain is notable for its ability to support cognition, communications skills, consciousness and the capacity to plan appropriate behavior for future occasions. This was evidenced millions of years ago as our ancestors’ brains alerted them to life-threatening risks worthy of their immediate attention, as well as to fleeting life-enhancing opportunities. Consider early […]
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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 in the age of decrepit buildings and making due with less, safety is often an afterthought. Thankfully, through ingenuity, technology, and […]
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 hub. The upgrades covered both the school’s technological infrastructure as well as furnishings and equipment provided by Projects by Design in order to provide students the most […]
Illinois’ Maryville Christian School Partners with School Specialty on 21st Century Learning Institution
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 the expanded learning environment. Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, Maryville Christian School in Maryville, Illinois, underwent such a transition, constructing their new school […]
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 innovative furniture and media technology solutions. This was part of a push by the Wichita Public Schools District to create a forward-thinking, more flexible, and collaborative environment for […]
21st Century Tools for Success in the Classroom
This week (May 1-5) is the start of Education Week being celebrated by school boards Canada-wide, and is a time of the year for students, teachers and parents to honor teaching excellence and student achievement. CHCH-TV’s Tim Bolen went to Mississauga, Ontario to highlight some initiatives that the Bristol Road Middle School is implementing […]
Performance Art Spaces – 21st Century Benefits for Students
It takes creativity and communication skills to put a performance piece to paper. It takes critical thinking and collaboration to actually produce the idea. And it takes media and digital literacy to share that production with the entire world. In fact, it can be argued that the arts are the confluence of all of […]
The 21st Century School Library
It’s unfortunate, but a school’s library is just as likely to be looked at as a testing center as a repository of knowledge. It is, after all, where students are filed in throughout the year to take their high-stakes assessments. What’s interesting is that libraries in the outside world are enjoying increased importance and […]
The Schoolyard Podcast Episode 16: Embracing Neurodiversity in Education
Welcome to the 16th episode of The Schoolyard Podcast! In this episode, we delve into the world of education through the lens of neurodiversity. Our host, Nancy Chung, sits down with Nichole Schlagel-Hope, principal of the Academy of Arts and Knowledge (AAK), to explore the value of neurodiversity in the classroom. Nichole Schlagel-Hope, a […]
Designing Flexible, Multiuse Learning Spaces: Five Keys to Success
COVID has demonstrated the advantages of designing schools with maximum flexibility and utility in mind. Schools with multipurpose spaces and modular, movable furniture were able to be reconfigured easily to accommodate multiple needs for both today and tomorrow. Now that schools have had to pivot to handle pandemic pressures, we can see an even […]
How to Design Safe Schools That Convey Confidence and Inspire Learning
It’s the worst nightmare of every student, parent, and educator: hearing the alarm or announcement that signifies a school lockdown. According to Education Week, there were 49 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in the United States in 2018 and 2019. That figure dropped to 10 in 2020, as nearly all schools shifted to […]
Encouraging Physical Activity At Home
While technological literacy is an important skill in the 21st century, kids should also be encouraged to engage in physical activity. Studies confirm that kids now spend an average of seven hours a day in front of a device screen, an alarming trend that’s replacing the amount of time spent in active play. Here […]
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