Photo by Tim Skillern © Rocky Mountain News

This 360° image shows a traditional classroom set-up in a fourth-grade class at Ebert Elementary. While their are no individual desks, the students sit in rows and face the teacher. Third-grade teacher Erin O'Grady says that although third- and fourth-graders are only one year apart in age, there is a huge difference in their ability to focus on the teacher.

Cooperative set-up Traditional set-up