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The typical American classroom is far from a bastion of design, but new research reveals that students might benefit academically if more thought were to be put into the environment they learn in. And ...

It’s hard to imagine a kindergarten room without colorful drawings and posters, crafts on display and educational charts and maps covering the walls. But a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University ...

PITTSBURGH—Maps, number lines, shapes, artwork and other materials tend to cover elementary classroom walls. However, new research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that too much of a good thing ...

Rachelle Pucci was drawing pictures to help her 13 first-grade students understand what they could expect in the classroom. Kerrian Blake was writing her kindergarten students’ names on a poster ...

A Fresno Unified kindergarten teacher has gone viral after posting a video of her excitedly showing off her classroom she prepped for the new school year.Carlanda Williams, who teaches at Ayer ...

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Teachers have a lot on their plates, from drafting lesson plans and grading assignments to dealing with misbehaving students and demanding administration. It seems we must add decorating to that list, ...

“I’m prepared to get written up this year for having too much color in my classroom.” We all remember the teachers who went above and beyond to make their classrooms feel like a second home. They ...

One teacher was used to her father's support in everything from big dreams to classroom decor, but after his sudden death in March 2025, that steady presence was gone Dakota Chance For the past three ...

Outside his portable classroom are Neptune Middle School’s main campus, some more portables and some fields. Kinda ho-hum, as views go. But the inside of the room – now that’s something to see. During ...