“Okay students, pull out your iPad and begin working through lesson 4.” This kind of classroom instruction is common today and will likely continue to grow. Teachers that have found themselves in a school that was fortunate enough to receive classroom technology through a one-to-one program may have mixed feelings about these new classroom aides. Besides the obvious learning curve and the changes in curriculum, a more brass-tacks problem with new educational technology might be that older classrooms are not designed to keep 30 tablets or laptops charged. Where’s the power?
NPS Offers Free Shipping on Stages and Risers
With graduation ceremonies just around the corner, NPS’s offer of free shipping on all of their stages, risers and accessories couldn’t be better news. High schools, colleges and universities face a spike in budget expenses when planning for graduation season. These special events require more than just furniture for the students gaining their diplomas, but also require consideration for all of the family, friends and guest that will be in attendance.
To help with these expensive events, anyone can now purchase any NPS brand stage, seated riser, choral risers and staging accessories and have the shipping fee completely waived!
School Desks Growing in Size
School desks have been around since the founding of public education. Materials and designs have changed over the years and many school desks have become more mobile to accommodate collaborative curriculum’s. But now the U.S finds itself with an alarming number or overweight or obese school children that are having trouble fitting into existing school desks.
It’s logic. When you biggie size your fries, the ripple effect is that we biggie size everything that is manufactured to fit our bodies. School furniture is not the only industry ramping up their mold sizes; clothes, car seats and play equipment are all getting up-sized. While we are taking note of this unhealthy trend and putting exercise and nutrition programs to work, we still must accommodate our overweight students in the interim. (continue reading…)
What Does Greenguard Certified Mean?
If you’ve shopped for school furniture or educational furniture in the last 5 to 10 years, you’ve probably noticed the Greenguard Certified logo found on a growing number of furniture products. But do you wonder what that really means? And maybe you even wonder if it’s worth worrying about? Well, this segment that recently aired on ABC’s Good Morning America show reveals that you really should be concerned with the furniture products that are in your classroom or home.
