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22 Dec

New Arizona High School Blends Functionality with Comfort in its Common Areas

New Arizona High School Blends Functionality with Comfort in its Common Areas When Crismon High School in Queen Creek, Ariz., opened its doors for the first time for the 2022-23 school year, the school welcomed more than 1,000 students into its new facility. Its administrators had spent an entire year planning out the new school,...

05 Oct

Modernization Project – H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Verona, NJ

Modernization Project - H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Verona, NJ As STEM became more popular in Verona schools over the years, it was apparent that one thing was missing at H.B, Whitehorne Middle School (HBW): a STEM lab learning space. Over the winter of 2021, Technology, Engineering and Design teacher Julia Zambrano began working with colleagues...

24 Nov

5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space

5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space When building a new school, it’s important to design a building that not only fits the academic needs of modern learners, teachers, and administrators, but that also is equipped with features to support the school’s mission. Many schools are now focused on incorporating active learning principles into...

19 Nov

4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments

4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments Many schools face steep challenges on the road to creating collaborative, modern learning environments that students, teachers, and staff can enjoy and thrive in. One of the biggest barriers to developing these learning spaces is the state of aging school buildings, which often haven’t been updated and reworked...

20 Sep

Integrating Tray Storage Systems into Your Classroom Ecosystem

Integrating Tray Storage Systems into Your Classroom Ecosystem Research has found that if a teacher creates a positive learning environment, they also develop an efficient classroom setting alongside an emotional setting that boosts student performance (Bailey, Beasley, & Swafford, 2014). Designing positive learning spaces takes a combination of several furniture and design elements that affect...

02 Sep

5 Benefits of Esports in Schools

5 Benefits of Esports in Schools As the esports industry has grown, academic esports teams have also become more common as an extracurricular activity. Students of all backgrounds are attracted to esports for a variety of reasons, but many are drawn in by the chance to compete while playing some of their favorite video games....

18 Dec

Not Your Typical Science Lab Makeover

The Living Room Concept at Deer Path Middle School Lake Forest School District works with MiEN to rewrite the playbook on how to build out a modern, collaborative middle school science lab. It’s been nearly three years since a group of administrators and directors at Deer Path Middle School first sat down and planned out...

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New Arizona High School Blends Functionality with Comfort in its Common Areas

Modernization Project – H.B. Whitehorne Middle School Verona, NJ

5 Tips to Design an Active Learning Space

4 Steps to Designing Modern Learning Environments

Integrating Tray Storage Systems into Your Classroom Ecosystem

5 Benefits of Esports in Schools

Not Your Typical Science Lab Makeover