While dissecting frogs was normal in old-school classrooms, now teachers are utilizing other types of animals to help them teach. Advocates for animals in the classroom want to make sure teachers ...

Dear Faculty Relations: A surprising number of dogs are in my classroom this semester. I’m unsure if I can ask students about them or how to manage these additional “students.” What can I do? —Not a ...

You might call it a mini zoo but Erika Chairez calls it her classroom, and home of Rowlett High School's Animal Crew. It's an after-school club where students come to care for and learn about various ...

As a child, Ann Ott, an Osage High School teacher, sought solace in Tippy, her family's dog, after she was sexually abused. As she worked through the trauma, Ott would hug Tippy and cry almost every ...

BLOOMINGTON — Between the guinea pigs, a chinchilla duo, rabbit, hedgehog, gecko, turtle and tank of sea monkeys, some of the halls at Bloomington Junior High School are starting to resemble Noah’s ...

In recent years, though, school districts have begun adopting policies that in many cases limit or even ban animals in the classroom unless they're part of science projects. Animals may be cute and ...

I have been following the opinions and articles in the newspaper about animals in the classroom and am amazed at the lack of practicality or common sense applied to the educational well-being of our ...

Five animals reside in the second-floor classroom of teacher Renee MacDermott at Lenox School in Baldwin. There's an axolotl (a type of salamander) named Pearl, a leopard gecko named Oreo, a hamster ...

What makes up a classroom? Generally speaking, most of the furniture consists of a desk for the teacher and tables (or desks) for the students. At the front of the classroom is the blackboard or ...