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PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...

Cherry Lane students are participating in gradewide project-based learning units, fostering critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration throughout the school year. Cherry Lane recognizes that at ...

High school teachers can build projects around issues in the local community to motivate students before and after winter ...

Education Week sponsors regular online chats on its Web site, edweek.org. On Feb. 22, 2006, Theresa Gillyand Ben Daley, two teachers from San Diego’s High Tech High, a charter school that emphasizes ...

Isle of Wight County Superintendent of Schools Jim Thornton certainly has big ideas for moving his school system toward “project-based learning.” He envisions classes starting without school bells.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The movement toward standards-based learning has been in motion for over 30 years, yet there is ...

Educators know project-based learning (PBL) isn’t simply another teaching strategy. Project-based learning gives students deeper learning experiences, and as they apply their knowledge, they develop ...

Educators who invest in project-based learning (PBL) say the benefits are obvious: real-world relevance and a sense of purpose lead to higher classroom engagement and better knowledge retention among ...

Editor’s Intro: Today, Emily Mulvey, cross-subject itinerant teacher, and Sandra Makielski, NEA Global Leadership Fellow and 7th grade geography teacher, both from Davisville Middle School in North ...

The young-adult novel “Hatchet” – about a boy who learns to live in the wild after surviving a plane crash – has been a staple of elementary-school English classes for years. But this year Sara ...