Future of Learning
The factory model of education is out. Now more schools are personalizing learning and trying to motivate students by empowering them in the classroom. Will this improve academic outcomes? Will it close achievement gaps? The Hechinger Report explores the innovations at the core of today’s cutting-edge schools.
Does lunch have to be 45 minutes? Rethinking school schedules to support innovation
Getting creative with class-period lengths and staffing plans can dramatically reduce class sizes and increase teacher collaboration time
The messy reality of personalized learning
In Rhode Island, questions persist about the effectiveness of individualized instruction via laptop
Virtual field trips bring students face-to-face with Earth’s most fragile ecosystems
First-person environmental experiences engage learners and foster empathy, teachers say
All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district
At Telstar Freshman Academy, outdoor-based projects are a way to raise students’ ambitions and keep them engaged
Schools are rethinking classroom design to encourage collaboration, creativity
But can the Instagram-ready spaces get the job done?
Student ed tech entrepreneurs argue they know what classrooms need
Most ed tech is made for student use, but it’s all created by adults
COLUMN: Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools
Reboot Foundation questions the use of technology in education
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A sampling of Hechinger reporting for The New York Times’s Learning section
Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?
An MIT pilot project at two schools seeks to measure hands-on, collaborative learning
In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships
This district says personalized learning boosted its graduation rate from 78 to 97 percent