Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn. Researchers tested the effect of the meaningless random noise on a group of 51 schoolchildren, finding that although it hindered the ...

Even before Alex Gonzalez of Chicago entered kindergarten, his mother, Elsa, knew he had a learning disability. She describes him as “a kid who was unusually, and I’m mean unusually, intelligent when ...

In a typical high school, a noisy class usually means there's a substitute teacher on hand. But in room 403 at Pomperaug High School in Southbury, Conn., chatter is actually part of the learning ...

Noisy classrooms can lower primary school grades by as much as a third. And most schools in London are too noisy, according to a recent study. A study of primary schools in Inner London found that ...