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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 ...

If passed, teachers would have to take down some classroom displays and replace them with approved items like an American flag or Ohio flag. MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Vanessa Srikantham laid out a flurry of ...

Some teachers are opting to express themselves through virtual classrooms instead. In this image from a Pinellas County Schools video, a worker cleans a classroom with relatively few wall decorations.

A recent study conducted by a group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University confirms something we have suspected since our own days in school. Turns out, overly decorated classrooms actually ...

Elementary students' classroom performance might vary by how much colorful paraphernalia covers the walls and hangs from the ceiling, a new study found. Or, as Fast Co.Design puts it, teachers seem to ...

Students across Alabama are waking up and embarking out in the fresh August air with book bags and sack lunches in tow this week, as most schools are back in session. Kids and teens across the state ...