(BPT) - Imagine spending your entire work day, every day, in a windowless room, with only artificial light to illuminate your space. It's not an inspiring, motivating or pleasant place to spend hundreds of hours every month, yet for some American children — particularly those attending schools built in the 1960s and 1970s — this is an unfortunate reality. Windows were once seen as posing a distraction to children, and as such, were purposely eliminated from building designs.
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