The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

They also organized an in-person component: Once a week, students would gather in reserved classrooms in a local elementary school, for activities such as science experiments, project-based learning and reading groups. Enrollment fell to about 600 students for this school year.

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Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 115

Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2017

— Mentor Schools (@mentorschools) February 3, 2017. Kettle Moraine School District – Wales, WI. Kettle Moraine School District has created charter schools like KM Perform within its traditional high school to accommodate student interests. Vista Unified School District – Vista, CA.

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Middle School Charter School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 97

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network.

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Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 89

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I visited many elementary and middle schools where students, with bulging headphones wrapped over their heads, stared at separate computers, each learning something different at the same moment. Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children.

Charter School 111

Charter School Project-Based Learning Tradition Middle School 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Related: The messy reality of personalized learning. A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

But what else was she learning in this maker space? With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? also known as Community Middle, part of the Albemarle County district. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix.

Education 111

Education Project-Based Learning Charter School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

She was at the top of her class, and she proved herself further by testing into a competitive, private middle school. But there, among Providence’s brightest, it wasn’t as easy to be at the top of the class, and her excitement about school – and learning – subsided. Eventually, she says, nothing motivated her.

Middle School 112

Middle School Tradition Elementary School High School 112