As summer vacation wound down last week, students spent their afternoons packing in as much last-minute fun as they could. But for teachers such as Heidi Meadows, those last few days in August were ...

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 ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Schools were full of activity Tuesday, as faculty members returned to work to prepare each school for the soon-to-start academic year. School officially kicks off for students ...

A peek into many kindergarten classrooms across the country will reveal teachers trying to make classrooms feel warm and inviting by plastering the walls with colorful decorations and fun patterns.

As students age, they are inevitably bogged down by more homework, more responsibility, and more stress, yet they’re given less visually stimulating classrooms than in their early school careers. Why ...

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 may end up ...