The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. Developer: Michigan State University Research. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. High school Advanced Placement. High school Advanced Placement. 3rd grade science.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

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 88

Project-Based Learning Public School Elementary School Professional Development 88

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2018

This is the story of what happened when teachers and administrators in Aurora, Colorado, worked side by side to redesign a middle school. Together, we were able to innovate, plan and produce a flexible school model aimed at improving student performance, engagement and equity. Here are the five pillars of the new schedule: 1.

Professional Development 70

Professional Development Middle School Project-Based Learning Leadership 70

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

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 11, 2016

Clear Lake Middle School (CLMS) knew where it wanted to go. It just needed to put some new structures in place to get there… Teacher learning. CLMS took that idea and ran with it, substituting ‘teacher genius hour’ for some of its traditional professional development. Image credit: Clear Lake Middle School.

Project-Based Learning 35

Project-Based Learning Middle School Professional Development Tradition 35

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Related: Proof Points: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning In the same district, science teacher David Cameron uses design-based learning in the chemistry and computer science classes he teaches at Gabrielino High School, while a middle school in Walnut, California, is successfully using DBL to teach science standards.

Education 102

Education Project-Based Learning K-12 Museum 102

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134