Students from the fishing village of Kovalam, in Tamil Nadu, India have been given state-of-the-art classroom furniture ...

TROY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A class of third graders in Lansingburgh Central School District is now learning in a state-of-the-art classroom, thanks to a furniture giveaway from manufacturer KI.

There are two main reasons why school furniture is so lousy: price and indestructibility. Ergonomists recommend adjustable classroom seats and desks, which while not exorbitant, do not come cheap.

The furniture, which was excess stock ... there was no free schooling.” Being able to go to school in a village where ...