School Design Archives

25 Jan

5 of the Biggest Education Trends for 2023

5 of the Biggest Education Trends for 2023 Author: Dr. Christina Counts With the start of a new year and education conference season just beginning, educators and industry leaders are discovering the biggest education trends for 2023. The past few years have seen a significant transformation for education and edtech, and 2023 will continue to...

25 Jan

6 Modern Ideas for Innovative K-12 Learning Spaces

6 Modern Ideas for Innovative K-12 Learning Spaces Author: Madison Johnson Classrooms aren’t the only place for innovative design––more and more schools are coming up with modern ideas for innovative K-12 learning spaces. From media centers and cafeterias to STEM labs and English literacy spaces, schools are approaching learning space design with flexibility, collaboration, and...

04 Jan

Collaborative Learning Spaces Designed Nationwide by the MiEN Company

Collaborative Learning Spaces Designed Nationwide by the MiEN Company GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Jan. 4, 2023 – A growing number of schools chose MiEN to support learning and collaboration in their schools and districts. Twelve schools and one district-wide project are a few of the most recent educational institutions to make MiEN Company their furnishing...

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,...

09 Dec

4 Easy Ideas for Social Spaces that Encourage Student Connection

4 Easy Ideas for Social Spaces that Encourage Student Connection Author: Dr. Christina Counts Schools are not just a place for learning––they are also hubs for community and connection. After spending much of the past two years learning remotely and separated from their peers, students are excited that things at school have returned to normal....

28 Nov

Students Are Bored: Engage Them With Innovative Learning Spaces

Students Are Bored: Engage Them With Innovative Learning Spaces Author: Dr. Christina Counts Students are becoming increasingly bored at school but creating innovative learning spaces may help to re-engage them in their learning. Research suggests that students become less engaged the more time they spend in school, moving up each grade level. According to a...

15 Nov

Stay Ahead of the Curve with MiEN Curved Bookcases

Stay Ahead of the Curve with MiEN Curved Bookcases Author: Dr. Christina Counts Stay ahead of the curve with some of MiEN’s most popular curved bookcase products: KIO Class Curved Shelving and KIO Curved Bookcases. With our modular, curved KIO shelving systems, you can establish pathways through learning spaces, define different learning areas, and create...

25 Oct

Q&A with Kara and Mary: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Company Products

Q&A with Kara and Mary: Top 5 Favorite MiEN Products Kara Zmudka Mary Longo Welcome to the MiEN Environments Top 5 Series, where our regional directors, account managers, and designers share their favorite MiEN Company top 5 products. Here we will breakdown the value our employees and our customers find in the solutions designed with...

12 Oct

Florida High School Infuses Collaborative Learning into the Curriculum

Florida High School Infuses Collaborative Learning into the Curriculum Like many schools in the U.S.—where at last count the average public school building was 55+ years old—Mulberry High School in Florida was working from a facility that was built almost 70 years ago. Ready for an overhaul and equipped with funding from a local sales...

12 Oct

3 Types of Modern Media Shelving: Curved Bookcases, KIO Tinker, & DIVIDE Storage

3 Types of Modern Media Shelving: Curved Bookcases, KIO Tinker, & DIVIDE Storage Author: Dr. Christina Counts For a long time, the only storage option available for K-12 media centers was lining up rows and rows of traditional bookshelves. While we still love to see a row or two of traditional straight bookcases for vertical...

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