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    Creating Dynamic Learning Environments that Support Student Engagement and Wellness

    Learning Spaces
    Sue Ann Highland, PhD • May 20, 2022 • Last Modified: Jun 10, 2022

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    How can educators create deeply engaging classroom environments—the kind where students are so engrossed in their learning they don’t want to leave when the bell rings? How can educators help students stay well?

    Tagged With: Learning Environments, Student Wellness

    You Can Use ESSER Funding to Redesign Learning Spaces. Here’s How.

    Learning Spaces
    Sue Ann Highland, PhD • Sep 16, 2021 • Last Modified: Sep 16, 2021

    The design of a learning environment can have a big impact on teaching, learning, and student success. A well-designed environment creates the right conditions for students to flourish—academically, socially, and emotionally. What’s more, school systems can use federal emergency relief aid to develop and equip their learning spaces for maximum effect. We’ve all had […]

    Tagged With: COVID-19 Resources, Funding For Education, Learning Environments

    Returning to Learning: 10 Ways to Keep Students Connected

    21st Century Learning
    Sue Ann Highland, PhD • Sep 10, 2021 • Last Modified: Sep 14, 2021

    As we return to learning this fall, we will still need to abide by CDC and local guidelines to keep both students and teachers safe. Maintaining connection, choice, and stimulation in the classroom will help with a smooth transition back. Here are a few tips to ensuring this transition is healthy and engaging for […]

    How to Use Federal Relief Aid to Keep Students Safe and Improve Learning

    21st Century Learning
    Sue Ann Highland, PhD • Jun 25, 2021 • Last Modified: Sep 3, 2021

    Since March 2020, federal lawmakers have passed three COVID-19 stimulus bills that provide more than $190 billion in emergency relief funding for K-12 schools. The U.S. Department of Education has created the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to distribute this money to schools. States receive this funding from the federal government […]

    Tagged With: COVID-19 Resources, Funding For Education

    Designing Outdoor Learning Spaces That Engage and Inspire

    Learning Spaces
    School Specialty • May 21, 2021 • Last Modified: Feb 21, 2022

    Courtyards and other outdoor areas are critical elements in how a school functions—and they shouldn’t just be an afterthought when designing school buildings. With careful planning, schools can make effective use of these communal spaces to help create the right school culture and even support learning beyond the classroom. In fact, the pandemic has […]

    Tagged With: Learning Environments, Outdoor Educational Activities

    The Case for Outdoor Learning

    Early Childhood
    Jennifer Fernandez • Apr 30, 2021 • Last Modified: Sep 1, 2022

    young student learning with binoculars outdoors

    During the past year, I have presented at and attended several virtual conferences for early childhood educators. The sessions that always seem to fill up and fill up fast are those related to outdoor learning.  This is certainly a topic of much interest around the country, and for good reason. There is much research to […]

    Tagged With: Outdoor Educational Activities

    Designing Non-Instructional Spaces That Support Learning

    Learning Spaces
    School Specialty • Apr 5, 2021 • Last Modified: May 23, 2022

    Non-instructional spaces such as cafeterias, hallways, common areas, courtyards, and other outdoor areas are critical components in how a school functions—and they should not just be afterthoughts when designing school buildings. With careful planning, schools can make effective use of these communal spaces to help create the right school culture and even support learning […]

    Tagged With: Learning Environments

    Designing Outdoor Learning Spaces That Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom

    Learning Spaces
    School Specialty • Dec 23, 2019 • Last Modified: May 14, 2020

    Designing Outdoor Learning Spaces That Extend Learning Beyond the Classroom

    Outdoor spaces offer numerous opportunities to extend student learning, and research suggests there are both educational and health-related benefits to outdoor learning. Breathing fresh air can clear students’ minds and help them think by increasing the amount of oxygen their brains receive. Being outside can reduce stress and improve students’ emotional well-being, and exposure […]

    Collaborative Learning Is Critical for Student Success – Here’s Why

    Learning Spaces
    Deanna Marie Lock • Aug 26, 2019 • Last Modified: Mar 31, 2020

    Collaborative Learning Is Critical for Student Success

    Take a look inside the typical K-12 classroom, and you’re as likely to find students huddled together in small groups, engaged in solving a problem or working on a project collaboratively, as you are to see them listening to their teacher or completing tasks by themselves. This isn’t surprising, given the importance of collaborative […]

    This School Supports Effective Early Learning with Innovative Classroom Spaces

    Early Childhood
    Dr. Tamie Pratt-Fartro • Jul 29, 2019 • Last Modified: Mar 31, 2020

    Innovative Classroom Space

    Moving into a new building gave Carroll Bell Elementary School teachers the perfect opportunity to reimagine their early learning classrooms. The newly redesigned preschool, kindergarten, and first grade classrooms — equipped with colorful and flexible furniture from School Specialty — support richer, more engaging learning experiences for students. “The students are more comfortable. They’re […]

    Encouraging Artistic Expression Through Outdoor Learning

    Early Childhood
    Dr. Tamie Pratt-Fartro • Mar 25, 2019 • Last Modified: Jun 7, 2019

    Encouraging Artistic Expression Through Outdoor Learning

    Children of all ages have innate curiosities about their surroundings. Taking in information by using each of the five senses is how our youngest learners analyze and comprehend everything: from self to others, from simple to complex. As educators, we need to consistently create learning environments that allow for sensory exploration and artistic expression. […]

    Tagged With: Artsy Thursday, Outdoor Educational Activities

    School Specialty and PunkinFutz: Creating Learning Spaces that Support All Students

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    • Nov 1, 2018 • Last Modified: Nov 9, 2018

    Evidence-based Sensory Solutions for Learners with Various Abilities

    School Specialty is teaming up with PunkinFutz, an innovator of products that support creative play and choice-making for students with various physical, emotional and sensory needs. Evidence-based Sensory Solutions for Learners with Various Abilities “We’re excited to team-up with a pioneering, community-driven enterprise such as PunkinFutz to deliver proven, quality solutions that address market […]

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