A project is a multistep activity undertaken by an individual or group to achieve a particular aim. With that broad definition there’s a lot of project-based learning happening in schools these days.

For many students in Oceanside, learning doesn’t end each day with the last school bell. The after school programs run by Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside, which are attended by 1,100 youth each ...

Kelina and Dante were already behind the other groups on the day’s task: building a parallel circuit with two light bulbs and a switch. So when their partnership devolved into name-calling, my first ...

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

You can see more great feature articles in the latest issue of our monthly digital edition. After seven years as a fifth-grade teacher in Waller, TX, Todd Nesloney was recruited to head an ...

For this fifth year of The Seattle Times Student Voices project, we invited students from Washington public high schools and colleges to work with Education Lab to write about issues of educational ...

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 ...

These are examples of learning activities used by SHED faculty. Each activity outline is followed by some teaching tips that the instructor has found helpful while using these activities and teaching ...

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