Leadership Middle School Project-Based Learning 
The Hechinger Report
MAY 13, 2018
Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group project in science class. Instead, the schools have adopted an approach that’s become increasingly popular among education advocates and funders: project-based learning. Related: Can a school save a neighborhood? I’m into the process.”.
Dangerously Irrelevant
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Many schools in Iowa are trying to find small chunks of time that allow students to engage in some inquiry- or project-based learning. These might be class-level projects, teacher-led exploratories, or student-led ‘genius hours.’ Image and video credits: Spirit Lake High School. Real projects.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 13, 2015
Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ And we can build on all of that to start implementing new instructional and leadership paradigms in schools and classrooms.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 15, 2020
She also found a bright side: freedom from the constraints of public-school systems as she designed her innovative school. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. But despite their vastly different student populations, the two schools share similar educational philosophies.
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. But this is hard.
Digital Promise
JUNE 5, 2019
Yet, as we shared previously , 18 teachers from three districts in the League of Innovative Schools have pushed themselves to do just this. Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is a type of project-based learning distinguished by its insistence that students engage with, investigate , and act on authentic and motivating challenges.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
I visited many elementary and middle schools where students, with bulging headphones wrapped over their heads, stared at separate computers, each learning something different at the same moment. Related: A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children.
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