Kids Fidget and Rock While Learning More

SAN FRANCISCO — When we think about learning and ergonomics in the classroom, we may not be picturing kids rocking on their chairs, or sitting backwards on them, but those movements are precisely what is needed to facilitate learning, sustain concentration and maintain healthy posture, according to Dieter Breithecker, a health and kinetics scientist, and head of the Federal Institute on the Development of Posture and Exercise in Germany, who was at the VS America booth at NS

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Q+A: Bill Day, KBD Planning Group

Bill Day is senior analyst at KBD Planning Group, which has assisted clients in 38 states with school improvements projects. Day works with educational facilities and architectural firms on options for facilities and technology issues, as well as educational facility and technology planning.
 
His work has reached 41 states with project costs totaling more than $2.5 billion dollars. Bill holds an Ed.D.

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