The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces. On the infrastructure side, Havre’s schools got switches and servers, but they also got a week of strategizing and support. Their energy is transforming classrooms.

Project-Based Learning 99

Project-Based Learning Public School Elementary School Professional Development 99

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

After leading a handful of conferences and workshops for public school teachers over the last couple years, Acera is in the first year of a three-year, whole-school partnership with the Joseph G. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell.

Public School 112

Public School Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Leadership 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Salas, who attends Roosevelt Elementary School in San Leandro, California, is not alone in feeling the effects of heat on her schoolyard. Across the country, climbing temperatures have led schools to cancel classes and outdoor activities to protect students from the harmful effects of the heat. We can learn from a textbook.

Teaching 120

Teaching Elementary School Civics Project-Based Learning 120

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

But several trends once relegated mainly to progressive schools or alternative schools for at-risk students are reaching the mainstream and have even been embraced by entire states. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too. Preschools and elementary schools across the U.S

High School 102

High School Project-Based Learning Charter School Elementary School 102

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. But in this Colorado district, it can also mean learning by working on real jobs. When I was in high school, I wasn’t doing [projects like] this,” Garcia said.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Elementary School High School Charter School 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Related: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning. Though many teachers make use of group learning, they often avoid grouping friends together, fearing they’ll goof off, said Denworth. Related: Later school start time gave small boost to grades but big boost to sleep, new study finds.

Middle School 142

Middle School Elementary School Psychology Junior High 142

Digital Promise

AUGUST 15, 2018

This journey demonstrates some answers we have found—multi-age elementary school spaces, high school team programs with the four core subjects taught together, libraries transformed into active Learning Commons, and technology tools that facilitate connectivity with the world, creativity and production, and interactive project-based learning.

Humanities 91

Humanities Education Project-Based Learning Library 91

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Thousands of students in Plymouth public elementary schools participate in Hour of Code, a lynchpin in our technology curriculum for the past three years. We’ve also invested in bringing coding to life through project-based learning using Wonder Workshop’s educational robots, Dash and Dot.

Project-Based Learning 92

Project-Based Learning Elementary School Educational Technology History 92

ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2022

One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later. The pandemic-era jump for elementary school students was even larger: from under half to 84 percent.

Professional Development 115

Professional Development Project-Based Learning Library Elementary School 115

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. The school’s most recent rating from the Arizona Department of Education is an F, due to below-average student growth and achievement. … That they can articulate exactly what they need is such a powerful moment in the classroom.”

Junior High 128

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 128

Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2017

Stephenville Independent School District – Stephenville, TX. Hook Elementary School reimagined the structure of their third and fourth grade classes by organizing schedules in “pods,” where elementary teachers are given the opportunity to dive deep on more specific areas of expertise.

Middle School 92

Middle School Charter School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 92

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

More than 30 years ago, Rockville Centre began a gradual but determined effort to do away with gifted classes in its elementary schools as well as many of the tracked classes at the middle and high schools. But your first thought is still to blame the dog.” His peers laughed in appreciation. Those classes proved popular.

Teaching 140

Teaching Economics High School Private School 140

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. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

Charter School 107

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 107

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

Destiny Reyes, 18, spends one school day each week at the New England Aquarium and much of her schoolwork is built around research opportunities there. When Destiny Reyes started elementary school, she felt highly motivated. Like most young children, she liked learning new things, and she excelled at school.

Middle School 112

Middle School Tradition Elementary School High School 112

Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

As community makerspaces begin to take root in Ontario’s elementary schools , students are behaving better. They’re creative spaces where students can gather to explore, tinker, discover and create, and they’re making students more enthusiastic about school. This article was originally published on The Conversation.

Elementary School 83

Elementary School Critical Thinking Lesson Plan Cultures 83

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Day 3: Problem- and Inquiry-Based Learning – Review of last session’s evaluations and our rules of play – Crowdsourcing – Understanding how Wikipedia really works – Crowdsourcing ideas for students and teachers – Essential elements of project-based learning – PBL v.

Leadership 107

Leadership Professional Development Geography Project-Based Learning 107

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

We don’t want to create gaps in our learning for our little ones.”. Michele O’Connor and her sixth-grade math students work on number lines, during project-based learning at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network.

Charter School 82

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 82

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

Rosie the History Teacher

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

I found a job coordinating field trips at a museum closer to my home and taught Lego Engineering at local elementary schools on the side while I began my masters degree. Then I got down to the important work of mapping out my classes for the year and trying to plan some lessons and Project Based Learning.

Museum 52

Museum Charter School History Project-Based Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

“These are all kids in our community,” Mentone said of the choice to offer services even to families who have unenrolled children to home-school them. “If Remote and project-based learning have prompted some educators to revisit the school day. That’s why we exist.”.

High School 141

High School Public School Tradition Tutoring 141

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities. Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Maybe he works at a part-time job when the school day ends, showing his diligence and drive.

K-12 144

K-12 Civics High School Project-Based Learning 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Brian Sparks is the principal at Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio. He helps out with cafeteria duties on the first day of school. Isabel Nava teaches second and third grade ESL classes at Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio. Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune. But I don’t know the alternative.

Charter School 45

Charter School K-12 Elementary School Economics 45

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In the most recent, pre-pandemic school data available, only 31 percent of elementary school students within the Promise Neighborhood zone were scoring at proficiency in English, and only 16 percent in math. Related: Project-based learning and standardized tests don’t mix.

Charter School 101

Charter School Economics High School Project-Based Learning 101