This post is by John Larmer, editor in chief of the Buck Institute for Education, and Bob Lenz, executive director of the Buck Institute for Education. Follow them @JohnLBIE and @PBLBob. In part one ...
Can the long-struggling Philadelphia school system change how we measure success by focusing on meaningful work instead of test scores? Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group ...
It’s easy to do project-based learning, it’s just hard to do it well. Project-based learning is a great way to engage students, to encourage collaboration and creativity, and to promote authentic work ...
When I was in seventh grade, my middle school class was tasked with raising funds for our end-of-the-year field trip. Since the school had a garden, and tomatoes and peppers grow well in the South, we ...
At Baker Demonstration School, an independent PreK-8 school in Wilmette, project-based learning is at the core of the curriculum. Through a progressive, inquiry-based education, children collaborate ...
The young-adult novel “Hatchet” – about a boy who learns to live in the wild after surviving a plane crash – has been a staple of elementary-school English classes for years. But this year Sara ...
Post updated Monday, Nov. 30. History teacher Edward Coyne believes class projects are the only way to get students learning. Coyne is considered one of the best teachers in the Benicia Unified School ...
“Online Learning Goes Mainstream” is a four-part series that explores the various features of online learning and its growing role in higher education. This video series was produced by Celia Andrews ...
Woven throughout the Integrated Design Engineering degree, students have the opportunity to take hands-on, design-based versions of the traditional courses offered through various college of ...
PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...