What is Place-based Learning? Place-based learning is an instructional approach that focuses on developing student’s sense of place and learning through exploring their environment. Thus, most ...

On an overpass in North Portland overlooking Interstate 5, Kathryn Nock and Jordan Stokes are taking stock of the neighborhood, including nearby Harriet Tubman Middle School. “It’s kind of hard to ...

As Brian Earls’ fifth grade class at Fairview Elementary School prepared for their “bio blitz” toward the end of the school year, students were eager to get outside. He sprayed them with bug repellent ...

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...

Competency-based education, proficiency-based learning, mastery-based learning, personalized learning, student-centered education, and standards-based education are all terms that refer to the same ...

A third grade student sets the last domino down in a row along the edge of a table while playing in Crystal O’Brien’s classroom at Shidler Elementary School in Oklahoma City. Credit: Ariel ...

The last two years have brought a host of crises to our K-12 classrooms, both academic—such as unfinished learning—and social-emotional. Amid the crises and the chaos, it’s not surprising to hear ...