BLOOMINGTON — Pillows and a plush rug line the floor of Mandy White’s third-grade classroom ... Traditional school desks are virtually non-existent. “I wanted the room to feel like a home ...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 1) — Just days before the opening of classes, some teachers in a public school in Cavite were forced to convert a comfort room into makeshift faculty quarters.

Her mom, Anetra Pattman, a teacher at an alternative school about five miles from Apalachee High, tried to comfort her ... as the girl hid in the room across from a classroom where a teacher ...