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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — 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 ...

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 ...

As a child, Ann Ott 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 night. "She slept with me and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...