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 ...

As educators, we’re always looking for ways to keep our students engaged and to provide them with learning experiences that will last a lifetime. Teachers help kids make tabletop volcanoes erupt, lead ...

I sometimes believe that animals have it more together than us humans. Ants and termites work together to build immense structures without complaint; dogs, cats and other domesticated small animals ...

Mary may have brought a little lamb to school, but students at Fairview/Miss Jewell School have some furry friends of their own helping them learn about responsibility and how to relax and focus on ...

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 ...

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 ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Behind a locked door in a far-flung wing of a labyrinthine school building, there is something wildly unexpected: a bustling animal laboratory for hundreds of creatures from ...

What are we talking about here? “Oregon teachers who have ordered crayfish that originate in the Pacific Northwest have found that their mortality is extremely high, so many have taken to ordering ...

How many of you have had an up-close look at a sleek African serval cat, a quirky South American two-toed sloth or a four-foot-long North American alligator? How about a ring-tailed lemur from ...

CCAD illustration students participate in a weekly drawing program called CCAD Sketch, featuring live animal ambassadors. The program aims to improve students' visual vocabulary and sketching speed, ...

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 ...