Charter School Project-Based Learning Teaching 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 11, 2017
This kind of experience may be common at New Jersey’s most selective and wealthiest suburban high schools, but McGee graduated from North Star Academy College Preparatory High School in Newark, where 84 percent of the students are economically disadvantaged and 98 percent are black or Latino. Sign up for our newsletter.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
At Impact Salish Sea Elementary, one of three elementary charter schools in the Seattle area run by Impact Public Schools, educators focus on “imaginary play,” like pretending to run a restaurant or hospital, as a tool to teach young children self-regulation and cognitive skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 7, 2017
Bobbi Macdonald, founder of City Neighbors charter schools. Efforts like these to transform high school are taking off, although hard data on how many high schools have adopted practices that harken back to preschool is difficult to come by. who attempt to replicate its project-based model.
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? It’s a daunting task, as evidenced by this past year’s pilot, which was a tale of two schools.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2019
The plan pulled from best practices in school innovation from all over the country. But many of its key features are more common in private or charter schools than in district ones. “We We thought our big contribution could be laying out how to do this in the traditional public school environment,” Resnick said.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2020
He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. He breezily navigates the internet and educational platforms his school uses. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 16, 2017
In the past, student work has ranged from the cutting edge to the routine, from creating a measuring tool that uses lasers to estimate the length of great white sharks to teaching officials in Longmont, the district’s main city, how to better use smartphones in their jobs. It’s made me realize how a small group can do such big things.”.
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