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[quote=Anonymous]Public elementary school parent here: Yes, I'd say that's the norm. My child, now in upper elementary, still spends a lot of time on the carpet, on bean bags, and at various tables etc. Our school does have tables but they take up barely half of the classroom and are usually arranged in clusters.
I think the big divides opens up in middle school. Schools like Basis explicitly advocate against that kind of (student-centered) model taking over middle school and place the desk again at the center of the classroom. Schools like Cap City or Two Rivers do the opposite, they advocate for it. I've checked out a few middle school renovations and see that tablet chairs (the kind students sit at all looking to the front and taking notes, where presumably the teacher lectures) are systematically replaced by modular tables (triangular or woven), which can be placed in different ways to allow for student centered work also in middle school. So, yes, that's also becoming the norm in middle school with some exceptions as mentioned earlier and by other posters. I don't know much about high schools but can say that this is becoming the norm at universities.[/quote]

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