Mindsets are shifting where the work areas of the students vary. The class furniture will vary from size and shape of tables, to couches, to a variety of chairs. Students must have the freedom to make choices to take ownership of their learning. This means that mistakes will happen. The classroom should be a comfortable learning environment.
As a Principal on a campus currently under the school improvement umbrella, I found this work to be timely and necessary. Through the gradual release of responsibility as is demonstrated through the strategies shared in the book, my teachers will be sending students home tired instead of themselves! The purposeful redundancy of the content helps support the sense of urgency one must possess to be successful in today's ever changing classrooms. Every teacher on my campus will be reading this book. Success, here we come!