The architects were expecting good things to happen. Their attendance was about three to four days per year better than kids in regular fluorescent fixtures. Durant Road teacher Joyce Loveless says the sunlight seems to bring more energy into the room. These kids are getting a lot of vitamin D, they do well in the classroom. We do not have a lot of sickness, I think.
Students do better.
Negative reaction to daylit classes generally comes from people who think it costs a lot of money. Actually, school systems make up the cost in money saved from power bills. A lot less energy is consumed. A new study, one of the largest ever done on natural light in schools, suggests children learn faster and do better on standardized tests in classrooms with more daylight. Learning rates were 26 percent higher in reading and 20 percent higher in math in rooms with the most natural light, researchers found.