This fall, as teachers nationwide prepared their classrooms for the new school year, many reported being bombarded with a decorations blitz, from educational supply store promotions to classroom ...

Her thinking on decorations has since evolved. “Don’t buy stuff for your walls unless it’s something that you are going to use in that classroom,” she said.

And it’s in Oklahoma. Enter Stephanie Stephens of James L. Capps Middle School in Oklahoma City, a self-sorted Hufflepuff who transformed her classroom into a Harry Potter extravaganza.

But over the summer, the tiles will be removed — and not just from Raper's classroom. School District 51 is removing more than 1,000 painted ceiling tiles from classrooms this summer as part of ...

Lafuente said that she decided to decorate her classroom this way because she loves pink and Hello Kitty, and she wanted her students to be happy and enjoy their time at school. The cost of the ...