Comments on: Do high ceilings help thinking?

By: The Classroom Environment

The Classroom Environment — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:02:24 +0000

[...] evoked less overtly existential sorts of answers from me. We talked about what Charlie’s current classroom looks like; whether I thought that his physical environment had affected him (yes, for sure, I [...]

By: All I Want For Xmas is a Really Good School Program

All I Want For Xmas is a Really Good School Program — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:52:42 +0000

[...] of people’s voices, and especially when these are at higher pitches and loud. A low-ceilinged classroom in a really big middle school — and fluorescent lights and linoleum — probably [...]

By: The Motion is the Key

The Motion is the Key — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:48:33 +0000

[...] and at school in particular that have preoccupied my thoughts. I’ve noted that the very layout and physical space of his middle school classroom are very different from the windowed, light-filled classroom of his [...]

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:55:58 +0000

Wow. That gives a whole new meaning to flying buttresses.