Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her experience includes education and community news coverage for the Syracuse Post-Standard and international news reporting for the Pulitzer ...

Students participate in projects that encourage exploration across multiple disciplines, including mathematics, science, ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Vega teaches pre-kindergarten at Loma Verde Elementary in Novato, California. Her school and district leaders want to do more project-based learning and have invested in getting teachers ...

At the Hiidenkivi Comprehensive School near Helsinki, Finland, students don’t spend all their time learning what other people have discovered. They set out to discover new things on their own. The ...

David Ross is a global education consultant and former CEO of the Partnership for 21st Century Learning (P21). After holding national and international education leadership roles for 15 years, in ...

In this course, educators will learn how global issues can become the basis for project-based learning, bringing relevance and engagement to core content. Project-based learning enables students to ...

We live in an ever-evolving world, powered by advancements across STEM fields. Today, STEM has become increasingly intertwined with how we live our daily lives–from how we learn, to how we work, to ...

Education experts are encouraging schools to consider problem-based learning (PBL) in a move to improve engagement and creativity among high school students. New research demonstrates how hands-on, ...

Tactile learning experiences—a strategy borrowed from museum education—can help students of all ages retain new information.