This year, for the first time in nine years, I won’t be planning for school to start next month. That doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about it, though, and my first thoughts are usually about the physical space of the learning environment.
The Problem
In an earlier post, responding to a “layout of your working space” [...]

Teacher Magazine published an article entitled “The Problem with Class-Size Reduction” by Bill Ferriter.1 While I understand his argument and his conclusion, the implications are desperately and infuriatingly off point. This is not directed at Mr. Ferriter specifically2 but at a general culture that I find too often in the world of education, one that [...]

A few days ago, Kevin tagged me for the “layout of your working space” meme. This comes at a good time because I’ve been thinking lately about the importance of aesthetics and the affective domain in terms of the education.
My basic working thesis is this: students’ brains are housed in bodies, and both brains [...]