" At the moment, there are thousands of schools around the world that work better than our own. They don't have many things in common. But they do seem to share a surprising aesthetic.
Classrooms in countries with the highest-performing students contain very little tech wizardry, generally speaking. They look, in fact, a lot like American ones--circa 1989 or 1959."
Perhaps this is not entirely coincidence. For myself, I doubt that the classroom environment itself is that alchemy, though that's certainly possible. Rather, I suspect it's the mentality behind the visible arrangement.