Figuring out how to arrange a small classroom starts with a definition: anything under 500 square feet counts as small. Below 300 square feet the room usually gets a different name (bungalow, portable, repurposed office, reading intervention room), but the constraints are the same across all of th …

An assistant principal at an Alabama middle school orders 28 student desks with molded seat wells for a new eighth-grade classroom that will be used for state assessment prep four days a week. Since a traditional seating arrangement in the classroom is needed for testing, the school chooses desks …

A U-shaped seating arrangement can change how students interact with their teacher and classmates by bringing desks or tables around the outside of the classroom and leaving an open area in the center. It is often considered for discussions, presentations, demonstrations, and other activities wher …