The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Instead, the schools have adopted an approach that’s become increasingly popular among education advocates and funders: project-based learning. Projects are organized around the development of skills like student collaboration, problem-solving and self-reflection through assignments that blend research with public presentations.

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Project-Based Learning Leadership High School Tradition 106

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Avoid the pitfalls of tech integration – technology for technology’s sake, focus on tools rather than the learning – by being thoughtful and purposeful about lesson (re)design. Sunday, June 28, 12:30pm to 3:30pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time). Bring your own lessons and units, and we’ll help you make them better.

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K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Another 12 students came within a few points of passing. Over the past five years, the foundation has begun to address K-12 classrooms, bringing together university researchers, education consultants and hundreds of teachers like Gallin. The small tweaks paid off. In 2016, a mere 37 percent of the school’s test-takers passed.

Teaching 110

Teaching K-12 Civics Psychology 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2020

The Seattle board approved a million-dollar partnership between Washington Middle School and the nonprofit Technology Access Foundation (TAF), which will manage the school, overseeing major functions like hiring and implementing a project-based learning curriculum that uses real world problems to teach students academic disciplines.

Inclusive Curriculum 131

Inclusive Curriculum Middle School Project-Based Learning Public School 131

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The inside of SR1 (Scientific Research), a nonprofit afterschool program serving local K-12 students, looks like a scene from the future. In addition to project-based learning, SR1 kids travel statewide and compete in robotics tournaments and visit college campuses. Photo: Imani Khayyam. RIDGELAND, Miss.—The

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K-12 Project-Based Learning Government Research 72

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

But since 2014, she says, when the district introduced this new outdoor project-based approach, students’ ambition and sense of identity have dramatically improved. This style of learning, this family atmosphere that we have here, it’s a real positive in kids’ lives,” Dole said. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

Project-Based Learning 101

Project-Based Learning High School Lesson Plan Tradition 101

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

North Star added AP Biology in 2011, AP Calculus BC in 2013, AP Computer Science in 2014, AP Chemistry in 2015, and AP Physics last year. We are a highly disciplined, very structured school, known for squeezing the minutes, but we had to try and keep that and build in room for project-based learning,” Mann says.

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Charter School Psychology K-12 Project-Based Learning 93