Erie Elementary Charter School kindergarten teacher Gloria Taylor uses lights, soothing green colors and minimal decorations on her classroom walls. (Photo: Julienne Schaer) In the sparse classroom, ...

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OMAHA, Neb. — A principal at a Nebraska elementary school has been placed on administrative leave after she released a memo discouraging teachers from putting up Christmas-themed decorations in ...

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 ...

MEROM, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Thursday, Sullivan Elementary students took the classroom outdoors to get a breath of fresh air. Every year, students get a chance to come to the Merom Conference ...

A recent study found that kindergartners taught in a highly decorated classroom were more distracted and scored lower on tests than when walls were bare.

Study Shows Classroom Decor Can Distract From Learning 90.5 WESA | By Kaye Burnet Published June 2, 2014 at 3:30 AM EDT ...

Maps, number lines, shapes, artwork and other materials tend to cover elementary classroom walls. However, new research shows that too much of a good thing may end up disrupting attention and ...

An Ashley County teacher's Facebook post sharing photos of her classroom decorations last week went viral, receiving thousands of comments and shares by the first day of school on Tuesday.