Can project-based learning help close the achievement gap? New research focused on young elementary schoolers suggests that a well-designed and well-taught project-based-learning curriculum can help ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA - FEBRUARY 22: Students Milad Omidian, left, and Mikayla Addison interact following a class at TC Williams High School Thursday February 22, 2017. Students and their mentors from George ...

WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than fifty years after Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) revolutionized its undergraduate engineering education, data from a recent alumni survey prove that ...

Sonia, a fourth grader, pointed proudly to her essay, hanging prominently in her classroom with six others as examples of “supporting a claim with evidence.” The essay was one of dozens of artifacts ...

Post updated Monday, Nov. 30. History teacher Edward Coyne believes class projects are the only way to get students learning. Coyne is considered one of the best teachers in the Benicia Unified School ...

Big multistep projects teach the practical skills of project management. Challenging projects build the habits of persistence (sometimes called grit) and self direction. If they include some degree of ...

A June ECMC Group survey found that 79 percent of high school students say it is important to have on-the-job learning experiences during their postsecondary education, such as through internships or ...

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 ...