The cold cement floors, the ash gray walls and the heavy desks and chair were what eight-year-old Park Sae-mi hated most about going to school. In fact, the drab conditions at schools around the ...

Many thanks to Julie Colantoni, first-grade teacher at Memorial School in Medfield, MA, for sharing her story. You can learn more about the exciting happenings in her classroom on her blog. A few ...

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For decades, curriculum, pedagogy, and technology have evolved to meet the changing needs of students. But in many schools, the classroom environment itself hasn’t kept pace. Classic layouts that ...