Here’s an idea that will appeal to every teacher who has had students who can’t sit still (read: every teacher): Stand-up desks.
“As part of a small but growing movement in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota that many teachers say is bound to gain popularity elsewhere, several schools are experimenting with their physical learning environments by incorporating stand-up workstations in the classroom, or, in one school, stability balls instead of traditional school desk chairs,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Kids who are habitually fidgety or who suffer from attention disorders appear to show the most improvement, teachers tell the paper. Richard Whitmire predicts a rush on orders for the desks.
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