Plastic one-touch binders are the move

The safest one-touch binder for school is a plastic one with rounded edges and a ring mechanism that sits flush with the spine. Skip the metal-edge ones.

The scratching usually comes from two places: the metal sheet that covers the ring mechanism, and the bottom edge of the spine when you slide the binder across the desk. A full polypropylene binder solves both — the plastic is softer, and good designs mold the mechanism into the spine so nothing metal touches the