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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 ...

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.

The back-to-school season is officially underway, with some districts already welcoming students back to classrooms while others prepare for late August and early September starts. Teachers across the ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education should clarify its order to remove “unnecessary” classroom decorations to ensure that teachers don’t end up discarding legitimate teaching aids ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) will conduct consultations on whether classroom decorations should remain banned from public school classrooms. Education Secretary Sonny ...