UC Berkeley recently implemented a classroom design called Flex+ Standard to customize classrooms based on needs, such as providing technology to support synchronous in-person and remote learning ...

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Careful consideration was given to classroom layout to enhance integration across varying abilities and needs. For example, by grouping classrooms into a ‘Junior’ and ‘Senior’ wing rather than by ...

The layout of a classroom should support learning, not stand in the way of it. When desks match the layout, things run more smoothly. Movement becomes easier, and collaboration feels more natural.

To make sure students used the new space, Bishop asked them for design feedback, and today, the room buzzes with students and classroom activity. “It’s a coffeehouse feel, warm and inviting,” he says.