Even as classrooms grow more connected and digital, the whiteboard remains a centerpiece of collaboration. It’s where students gather to share ideas, teachers map out new concepts, and creativity fills the room.
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2025 EdTech Trends: What School Leaders Need to Know
Today’s next gen school libraries are vibrant, dynamic learning ecosystems that pulse with collaborative energy, technological innovation, and flexible functionality. This transformation represents one of the most significant shifts in educational space design over the past few decades.
Designing Classrooms to Build Community: How Learning Spaces Shape Connection and Belonging
The design of a classroom is far more than a matter of furniture and walls—it’s a foundation for human connection. Every layout choice, color, and piece of furniture sends a message about how students and teachers relate to one another. Classrooms designed to build community foster collaboration, empathy, and shared purpose—key ingredients for learning and personal growth in the 21st century.
The Next Gen K-12 School Library: 10 Essential Design Strategies
Today’s next gen school libraries are vibrant, dynamic learning ecosystems that pulse with collaborative energy, technological innovation, and flexible functionality. This transformation represents one of the most significant shifts in educational space design over the past few decades.
K-12 Guide to Smart Flooring Decisions 6 Critical Questions
It’s 7:30 AM on a rainy Tuesday, and hundreds of students are streaming through your school’s main entrance, their wet sneakers squeaking and slipping on the hallway floors. By noon, the janitor is mopping up the third spill in the cafeteria, and your maintenance budget is taking yet another hit. Meanwhile, in the gymnasium, the basketball team’s practice echoes so loudly that teachers in adjacent classrooms can’t hear themselves think.
How School Design Shapes Learning Culture: A Strategic Guide
The physical environment of a school is far more than bricks, mortar, and classroom furniture—it’s a silent curriculum that profoundly influences how students learn, teachers teach, and communities connect.
How Extreme Heat Is Disrupting K-12 Education
In August of 2025, just as schools were about to open their doors for the Fall semester, experts gathered at Harvard to discuss the issue of extreme heat and K-12 education. As heat waves become more common across the US, educators are calling attention to this under-recognized threat to children’s health.
Building Trusted Learning Environments (TLE) in K-12 Schools: Best Practices for Data Privacy and Security
Setting up policies for the privacy, security, and ethical use of student data is not a one and done activity! It is an ongoing process that school districts need to prioritize. Using the Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) process from CoSN provides schools with a tested template that can be used to put in place procedures for keeping student data safe.
8 Steps to Building Resilient K-12 Procurement Teams
Modern K-12 procurement has evolved from simple purchasing to complex and strategic management that encompasses supply chain disruptions, evolving compliance requirements, budget constraints, and mounting stakeholder expectations.
How AI and AR/VR Are Transforming the Digital Classroom
The digital classroom is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). These innovations are not just enhancing how content is delivered—they are redefining what it means to learn, interact, and grow in an educational environment. As we look to the future, AI and VR/AR will be central to the design of classrooms that are more engaging, personalized, and effective than ever before.