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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 ...

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, ...

To both inspire and inform their students about Black History Month, various teachers around the country are decorating their classroom doors — but they're taking their decorations to the next level.

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.

In June 2020, Jerilee Melo started tutoring groups of preschool kids in an old bus. A few months later, Brittany Jeltema, a former high-school teacher, gave the classroom a makeover. Take a look ...

Education Secretary Sonny Angara said Monday that schools should continue implementing the policy mandating posters and decorations be taken down on classroom walls and other facilities, pending ...