Peter Mahon has adapted to teaching in a room with no door and only a couple of walls. Group activities are a no-no. Speaking softly is a must. And forget about watching a video. Way too noisy. "I ...

It's a perennial debate in American education: Do kids learn best when they're sitting in rows at their desks? Or moving around, exploring on their own? Back in the 1960s and '70s, that debate led to ...

On Sept. 30, 1974, the doors of Orange Hunt Elementary School in Springfield opened to students from the surrounding communities in Burke, Hunt Valley and Keene Mill to a school that featured the ...

New Zealand will halt construction of open-plan classrooms following extensive feedback from schools about their effectiveness, Education Minister Erica Stanford announced today. Stanford said the ...