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classroom

[klas-room, -room, klahs-] / ˈklæsˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈklɑs- /
NOUN
room where learning takes place
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District challenges: Alaniz cited the need to ensure classroom instruction “keeps pace with a rapidly changing workforce” in the age of artificial intelligence and other technologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In nearby Welasco, Catalina Ozuna said her daughter is working in an understaffed kindergarten classroom for little pay while being weighed down by the cost of daycare for her own child.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

It is an event that stretches far beyond the classroom, with activities taking place from Unst to the south mainland.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Our financial lives don’t, as you suggest, exist in a classroom.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

She led me inside the classroom, where Avery was curled into a ball under a table.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Students are protesting about a lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classrooms and run-down buildings.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Arey would work to implement campus safety plans, support additional academic advising and career education and more “closely examine spending, contracts, program outcomes and administrative costs to ensure resources reach classrooms and directly support students.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

For more than a decade, it has worked with schools to make its offerings ubiquitous in public-school classrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Since last week, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Kids stream out of their classrooms and hurry noisily past me.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan



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