The schools, as Larick sees them, would even shed the age-old term “classroom,” which implies a confined and stationary space. The modern “learning environments” would be expandable spaces that could accommodate everything from lectures to projects, one-on-one instruction to large-group interactive presentations.

As a futurist who tries to conceptualize the needs of students and educators decades from now, the former superintendent views such features as essential for helping students build the kinds of knowledge, skills, and learning habits they will need to excel in a rapidly changing world.

“For the kind of learning they’re going to engage in, boxes aren’t going to do it,” Larick says of the traditional 30-by-30-foot classroom. “The spaces are going to have to facilitate students’ sharing information, working together in teams, small- and large-group instruction, and having access to multimedia tools.”

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