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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/3f7c5014-14ab-4a69-bfe2-12e9f566442e_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Educators, Designers Look to Change Traditional Classroom Furniture' data-article-id='3974'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9146'>For much of the past hundred years, classrooms have been designed with the teacher seated in front of desks for students.</span> <span data-start-time='9146' data-end-time='15396'>The desks are almost always positioned in lines facing the teacher.</span> <span data-start-time='15396' data-end-time='22854'>But many educators now say children can do better in a less structured learning environment.</span> <span data-start-time='22854' data-end-time='30375'>And designers have been providing spaces and seating to meet those suggestions.</span> <span data-start-time='30375' data-end-time='36292'>Bob Pearlman works as an education consultant in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='36292' data-end-time='43313'>He helps teachers and school administrators with educational planning and other issues.</span> <span data-start-time='43313' data-end-time='50125'>He told The Associated Press that traditional classrooms are a thing of the past.</span> <span data-start-time='50125' data-end-time='64875'>Now students work in &ldquo;extended learning areas&rdquo; that include project-planning rooms, workrooms, and laboratories, as well as learning spaces for groups and individuals.</span> <span data-start-time='64875' data-end-time='71563'>Pearlman points to Albemarle County Public Schools, in Charlottesville, Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='71563' data-end-time='85250'>The school system invited teams from all its schools to develop learning spaces that would help students deal with complex ideas and work on creative building projects.</span> <span data-start-time='85250' data-end-time='95771'>Now, its elementary school classes have exchanged traditional desks for things like soft seating and connectable tables.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/57F4AC89-FDFE-4FBC-8AD0-0B0B3C9FD874_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=13264 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/what_is_a_desk.wav'>What is a desk?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a piece of furniture that is like a table and often has drawers'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/a_featured_film.wav'><span>a featured film</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/a_piece_of_furniture_that_is_like_a_table_and_often_has_drawers.wav'><span>a piece of furniture that is like a table and often has drawers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/a_group_of_teachers.wav'><span>a group of teachers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/a_brand_of_clothing.wav'><span>a brand of clothing</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=13265 data-hint-location='15396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/but_many_educators_now_say_children_can_do_better_in_a_less_structured_what.wav'>But many educators now say children can do better in a less structured what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='learning environment'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/meeting.wav'><span>meeting</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/workspace.wav'><span>workspace</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/driving_test.wav'><span>driving test</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/learning_environment.wav'><span>learning environment</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=13266 data-hint-location='43313' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/he_told_the_associated_press_that_traditional__blank__are_a_thing_of_the_past.wav'>He told The Associated Press that traditional <span class='blank'>classrooms</span> are a thing of the past.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='classrooms'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/phones.wav'><span>phones</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/friendships.wav'><span>friendships</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/cars.wav'><span>cars</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3494/classrooms.wav'><span>classrooms</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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