The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

According to Seydel, when teachers use the school grounds as a way to learn about social issues, they’re using their school as a three-dimensional textbook. For example, schools’ energy and water conservation, architecture and lunches are rich with potential for project-based learning. “We We can learn from a textbook.

Teaching 111

Teaching Elementary School Civics Project-Based Learning 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Students not only build cities, they create governments, infusing civics into the curriculum, too. Design-based learning is not project-based learning, as Heim and Gehry Nelson are often asked to explain. “It

Education 102

Education Project-Based Learning K-12 Museum 102

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

BB2C fosters student, business, and civic relationships to inspire career choice through experience, entrepreneurship, and education. With BB2C’s first micro-credential, they verify the educator’s skill in developing and implementing real world, problem-based learning with community partners.*. Delaware Department of Education.

Professional Development 79

Professional Development K-12 Project-Based Learning Civics 79

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. Hulleman and Kenn E.

Teaching 110

Teaching K-12 Civics Psychology 110

Let's Cultivate Greatness

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Below, I share how I select the cases we cover in my high school Civics and Government class and the poster project gallery walk we do to learn them in a way that matters. Then, see what various credible government and non-profit civics websites have listed as landmark cases. I’ll explain why in a second.

Teaching 52

Teaching Civics Government High School 52

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 74

High School Project-Based Learning Psychology Charter School 74

Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

For US History, that can be reading (or even listening to) this short article on the stock market crash of 1929 and then organizing the important parts of the article into their interactive notebook: This allows students to be hands on with their learning and easily combine a digital resource with a paper/pencil activity.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Historic Sites Teaching Primary Sources 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2023

Many educators probably weren’t surprised by today’s announcement of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results for civics and history. In past years, the scores for civics have been flat, which is hardly encouraging. At the end of 2022, Congress grew the federal allocation for civic education from $7.75

Civics 115

Civics Primary Sources Civic Engagement K-12 115

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

The organization says it is producing and testing project-based learning experiences that will give students credits as well as certified badges that break courses into smaller components and recognize the skills they’ve gained.

K-12 144

K-12 Civics High School Project-Based Learning 144