For some school districts, these updates are long overdue. According to a June 2020 report to congress by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, “school buildings in over half of U.S. districts are in grave disrepair, needing major updates in everything.”
So, while many physical facilities needed upgrades long before 2020, COVID-19 has accelerated some districts’ efforts. Their projects run the gamut from revamping existing classrooms to building entirely new campuses that better meet the needs of today’s tech-savvy students.
These modern learning spaces bring together flexible furniture, mobile devices, robust Wi-Fi and large TV displays or projectors to optimize learning. In “Clever Classrooms,” a 2015 study on classroom design in the U.K. by the University of Salford, researchers found that flexible classrooms encourage collaboration and creativity; enable new…
