01/08/2020 by Tina Manzer The Educational Supplies & Furniture Program from Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM) is coming up, February 9-12. The goal of…
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Happy Meal
by Tina Manzer If the phrase “school cafeteria” conjures up images of concrete walls, grubby folding chairs, and overflowing garbage cans, you should…
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Super Hero
10/11/2019 by Tina Manzer In 1973, Aaron Leventhal’s mom Jacqueline was the best kind of person – a creative teacher. A photographer who…
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Wood Designs for Early Childhood and More
06/10/2019 by Claire Sykes Safe, strong and beautiful. That’s been the promise of school furniture maker Wood Designs for nearly 40 years. Located in…
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10 Questions for Jan Rogers
06/10/2019 by Tina Manzer Jan Rogers built a global company from a paperplate prototype. The former stay-at-home mom believed her invention could help people,…
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The Dot Connector
04/04/2019 by Tina Manzer You may not recognize Jim Koplow here without his dice. When you see him at trade shows, he’s surrounded by…
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Go With the Flow
04/04/2019 by Tina Manzer From employee questions and shoppers’ chit-chat to the endless call of your inbox, sometimes you feel like you’ll drown in…
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Getting Down to the Nuts and Bolts
01/31/2019 by Tina Manzer The actual components of educational spaces – even the floors, ceilings, and walls – play a more important role…
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Evan-Moor Puts the “FUN” in Functional Education Materials
01/31/2019 by Claire Sykes In the mid-1970s, Joy Evans and Jo Ellen Moore were two Title I-school teachers determined to not only teach…
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Multiuse Spaces Earn High Marks in Schools
10/11/2018 by Tina Manzer Just as a one-size-fits-all approach to learning doesn’t suit today’s classrooms, schools increasingly need to become flexible spaces to accommodate…
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