Getting kids to sit still in class has been a challenge for years. So some schools are now asking them to stand.And the kids like it!"When I get into school, I like to stand up but after recess I like to sit down, rest my legs," one student told NBC News' Joe Fryer.New standing desks being tested ou …

Improving our lives, our children's lives and the lives of others is often a complicated and tiring task, but that isn’t always the case. Right now there is something we can all do to improve lives with hardly an ounce of effort. It’s time to build a movement to change the classroom environment, for …

DECEMBER 19, 2014Cain is a physical education teacher, not an architect or interior designer. Still, he has big plans for a classroom makeover at Denver’s Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment.He wants to create the state’s first “kinesthetic classroom” there. The term may be a mouthful, but …