The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2023

Project-based learning is trendy. I’ve noticed that doing a lot of practice problems during school hours is a big part of the algebra tutoring programs that have produced strong results for teens. What is the best way to teach? Some educators like to deliver clear explanations to students.

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Teaching Project-Based Learning Tutoring Economics 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

Parents with means have always known that classroom learning isn’t enough, and have ensured their children have access to enrichment programs, mentors, internships, technological tools and private tutors. They already know how to continue learning outside of school. Millions of children will not be fine.

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Project-Based Learning Civics Tutoring Private School 124

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Behind the storage unit sits a rectangular wooden box stuffed with bicycle tires filled with Silly Putty to replicate human intestines. For that biomedical project, students had to create a probe and learn to maneuver it sight unseen from behind a curtain on the box’s opening to procure a sample from the intestine/bike tire.

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Project-Based Learning Elementary School High School Charter School 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Students study the human body on skeletons, using clay to make organs. Instead, in accordance with state law, admission was based on a lottery. At the science schools, the expectation was that students would take higher math at some point, so they were tutored until they passed the Algebra II prerequisite. NEW LONDON, Conn.

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High School Tradition Tutoring Project-Based Learning 111