Edutopia

Balancing Play-Based Learning With Literacy Mandates in Preschool

These strategies help teachers set up engaging and enriching opportunities for literacy exploration throughout the day.
Education Week

Rural High School English Teacher Uses Place-Based Education

I wrote last week about the Rural Schools Partnership, which is an initiative dedicated in part to encouraging placed-based education. A recent article by the University of Virginia’s Amy Azano in the ...
OPB

Close your textbook and go outside: How ’place-based learning’ connects lessons to real life

On an overpass in North Portland overlooking Interstate 5, Kathryn Nock and Jordan Stokes are taking stock of the neighborhood, including nearby Harriet Tubman Middle School. “It’s kind of hard to ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Gulf Research Program Awards Over $5M to Support Place-Based Education for K-8 Youth

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today an award of $5.1 million dollars to fund 12 place-based education projects ...
Hawaii News Now

Students cultivate ‘navigator mindset’ through voyaging, place-based program

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More than 1,000 public school students embarked Tuesday on an immersive week of voyaging-based and ʻāina-based learning with the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Hoʻākea is a ...