noun
Usage
What does classroom mean? A classroom is traditionally a room in a school where a class is taught. The word classroom is commonly used to refer to such a room at every level of education, including elementary school, high school, and college. It can also be used in a more general way to refer to any space where students are being taught by a teacher. Some classrooms might not even be in a room—some schools have outdoor classrooms where students are taught outside, for example. The word is sometimes used in a figurative way to refer to the primary place where someone learns and gains experience outside of a formal educational setting, as in My grandfather didn’t have much formal schooling—the farm was his classroom. Example: I try to set up my classroom to be a space that allows each student to learn in their own way.
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Another recalled a parent who successfully lobbied to ban cupcakes from classroom birthday celebrations—only to protest when she was later barred from sending cupcakes for her own child’s birthday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
But many parents were too fearful of a repeat disaster to allow their children back into the classroom.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Younger students have been using the outdoor classroom areas to talk and play games, while others have been watching figeater beetles and butterflies visit flowering trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Co-author Talal Aladaileh said that the project's evolution from a classroom exercise into a published paper reflects the rigor, depth, and quality of the School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering program at Binghamton.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
"I see you've forgotten my feeling about notes in the classroom."
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
They said first-year students are at times arriving in classrooms lacking basic math and reasoning skills and they have often resorted to teaching remedial middle-school math concepts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
They’re responsible for “commons work”—cleaning classrooms, prepping vegetables and checking irrigation systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The alerts force pupils to leave their classrooms and workers their offices and leave commuters struggling to get home as overland trains stop.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Dawadi quickly ordered an evacuation, and teachers hurried hundreds of students from classrooms to higher ground.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Some of the doorways were occupied by fascinated teachers in their empty classrooms.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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