Teachers are typically familiar with project-based learning—it’s a popular classroom technique. But it’s less well-known among students, which is a shame. Because even if you’re studying on your own, ...

One of the many reasons I love working for Van Andel Institute for Education is that I get to be a teacher Fairy Godmother. Teaching is an important but difficult job, and sometimes educators can get ...

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 ...

Bob Lenz is executive director of the Buck Institute for Education. Follow him @PBLBob. Kaleb, Alan, and Aaron all chose to attend an Envision Education project-based learning school in the San ...

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

Project-based learning classrooms are places where a constructivist approach to learning assists students in gaining a deeper understanding of materials through process-oriented engagement in ...

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Almost 20 years ago, when Paul Curtis was a social studies teacher at the just-opened New Technology High School in Napa, Calif., there wasn’t much “tech” to support project-based learning. “We didn’t ...

Editor’s note: Supply Chain Management Review is launching a series of new online features in 2024, including The Academy. Appearing online at scmr.com on the third Wednesday of each month, the ...