Great Expectations
I don’t know how many tradeshows I have been to over the past 40 years, but certainly the number is well north of a…
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Lady of The House
01/31/2019 by Tina Manzer A foundation does more than hold up a house. It prevents threatening elements from seeping in, and resists movement…
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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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Last Call
10/11/2018 by Kevin Fahy About eight years ago, I was interviewed by the Education Market Association for an article in its member publication, Essentials….
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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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Miss Pam’s Hub for Homeschool Families
10/11/2018 by Tina Manzer Sixty-four-year-old Pamela Deese (“Miss Pam” to her students) is a homeschool pioneer. Twenty years ago, when she began teaching her…
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Building for a Flood and other Natural Disasters
10/11/2018 by Tina Manzer Ten days after Hurricane Florence hit the North Carolina coast, as this magazine went to press, several schools in the…
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Tortes and Torts
08/14/2018 Prior to starting my own business, I worked for four different companies, at which I reported to a total of six different executives….
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Playing and Learning in the Wild Wild West
08/14/2018 by Tina Manzer “We’re in the ‘business of children,’” explains Jane Burbank, owner of multifaceted Teacher’s Corner-Kid’s Mart (TCKM), a 29-year-old store in…
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