Natural daylighting offers a multipurpose solution to districts by helping buildings adapt to increasingly urgent environmental initiatives while simultaneously boosting the performance of students and teachers. With the implementation of early design factors or the...
Recent studies have shed light on the profound impact that classroom environments can have on students' Social Emotional Learning (SEL). SEL encompasses vital life skills such as self-awareness, emotion management, social awareness, goal setting, empathy, building...
How Visual Design Impacts Learning Does the visual design and layout of a classroom hold any significance? Does it influence a student's ability to learn? I can confidently affirm that it does, and I have a compelling personal experience backed up by research to...
Classrooms have had to evolve quickly in the last few years to meet the changing demands placed on teaching and learning during the pandemic. As we move into a post-COVID world, school leaders are rethinking what the classroom of the future needs to look like to...
As more students struggle with anxiety and depression, schools are prioritizing mental health supports. Small improvements in the design of physical spaces in schools can make enormous differences in enhancing student well-being. We often underestimate the ways in...
Improving ventilation in schools is one of the most important ways to reduce the spread of COVID. Yet, half of all school districts have not moved past the IAQ planning stages. With government funds available, now is the time to move forward. When I was in college, I...
The Kinesthetic Classroom Supports Active and Action-Based Learning to Drive Engagement and Improve Learning Kinesthetic learning is any learning that involves physical activity. Research indicates that the use of kinesthetic equipment in place of traditional seating...
It’s a worthy goal of all educational facility designers to imagine spaces where students and teachers work together as a team in an atmosphere where students genuinely want to learn. To design a learning environment that transforms education and meets the...
There is no denying that the pandemic has taken a huge toll on students’ mental, social, and emotional well- being. This has affected their ability to focus and learn in school — and it can have long-term implications for their health and safety as well. Many students...
One doesn’t need to look far to find roots for learning research supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). Dating back to 1984, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) originated in Harvard’s School of Graduate Education and was co-created by a...