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.
Innovative Learning: Letting high schoolers design the future of space food
Students also program drones to navigate obstacle courses, imagine genetically engineered bacteria to clean oceans
This math tutoring program gets ‘blockbuster’ results in high-poverty schools
In one year, ninth-graders learn two to three times as much math as their peers
Kids can learn biochemistry, too
The latest attempt to diversify STEM fields teaches elementary schoolers college-level material
The teacher’s role in “phenomenon-based learning”
Finland’s version of PBL requires teachers to strike a new balance in the classroom
Ed tech can transform physical education classes, too
Middle schoolers in one PE class log video reflections and track their fitness progress online
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