EVERETT, Wash. — On a sunny winter morning in Sara Stevens’ kindergarten classroom at Pathfinder Kindergarten Center, 5- and 6-year olds learned about colors, shapes, engineering and design.

HARVEY, Ill.—To decorate her kindergarten classroom for the new school year, Lori Baker chose cheerful alphabet and number charts featuring smiling children of different races. In the reading ...

At home and abroad, alternative classroom design is changing the way kids learn. But not all teachers feel new design trends like open, flexible work spaces are great learning environments. Today ...