The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

It’s not always easy to tell whether the new approaches help overall student performance, because schools interested in this type of experimentation are often innovating in other ways as well: changing grading policies, moving to more project-based learning models and rethinking discipline strategies.

Teaching 110

Teaching K-12 Civics Psychology 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

. — Tahiv McGee spent Fridays during his senior year of high school at Rutgers University-Newark, where he worked with faculty and a doctoral student on a psychology research study. 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.

Charter School 91

Charter School Psychology K-12 Project-Based Learning 91

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning.

High School 79

High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 79