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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources.

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OPINION: Why every high school student needs a work-based experience

The Hechinger Report

The result is that we are losing the energy, intelligence and creativity young people could and should bring to New York’s economic recovery. In the second phase, students would participate in a skill-building service- or business-learning project. The time is right.

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Dreaming bigger for Iowa education

Dangerously Irrelevant

each regional Area Education Agency had the capacity to help its districts create project-based learning ‘incubators?’ some may already). kind of like Iowa BIG in Cedar Rapids). kind of like Iowa BIG in Cedar Rapids). Help us make it happen?” ” Each of these would be big.

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5 Ways To Create Positive Parent-Teacher Relationships

Passion for Social Studies

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South Dakota Teacher of the Year Sees Teaching as a Team Effort

Teaching American History

George Hawkins , a 2019 graduate of TAH’s Master of Arts with a Specialization in Teaching American History and Government (MASTAHG) program , was named South Dakota Teacher of the Year in October. Interdisciplinary Learning Hawkins works closely with a teaching partner who specializes in English Language Arts.

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Playing ‘Serious Games,’ Adults Learn to Solve Thorny Real-World Problems

Digital Promise

This approach has also facilitated decisions in regional economic development disputes , water allocation disputes in an international river basin and disputes among aboriginal communities, national governments and private industry.

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In San Antonio, school integration may not lift all boats

The Hechinger Report

This story about school segregation was produced by The Texas Tribune , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that provides free news, data and events on Texas public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. This story was reprinted with permission.