For generations, the story of the small rural town of the Great Plains, including the dusty tabletop landscape of western Kansas, has been one of exodus -- of businesses closing, classrooms shrinking and, year after year, communities withering as fewer people arrive than leave and as fewer are born than are buried.
Students said they couldn't close classroom doors during the campus lockdown.
An imbalance in air pressure created a wind-tunnel effect, and it took a herculean effort to open or close classroom doors.
Soldiers may close classroom doors to children so schools can be used as hospitals or military bases, or community leaders may permit only boys to attend class.
This high paediatric case proportion prompted the Victorian government to close classrooms and entire schools, introduce voluntary home quarantine for many children and their families, and recommend additional social distancing.
Many playgrounds are home to a variety of creatures and colourful seasonal blooms, and with the sun making an appearance, it's the perfect time for packing up the exercise books, closing the classroom door and indulging in a bit of outdoor learning.
VICE News Tonight spoke to 18 teachers who are closing their classroom doors one last time.
When I heard on the radio that some schools in Miami were asking teachers not to talk about Trayvon Martin's death, I hoped that those teachers were politely agreeing with the administration and then closing their classroom doors and doing the right thing and letting the kids talk and engage in the critical conversations that need to happen.
Two key elements of the program are close classroom supervision by a master teacher and a hardcore undergraduate research experience.
WASHINGTON -- Citing budget cuts caused by sequestration, a Head Start program near Fayetteville, Ark., has decided to take the dramatic step of closing its classrooms for the summer 13 days earlier than planned.
