Urban communities are typically remarkably diverse in residents’ backgrounds, values, and views of the good life. The “community,” then, is held together by a staggering number of relationships, ...

One Virginia Tech professor advocates place-based education instead of “globalized education” to help students better connect with their lessons. Amy Price Azano wrote a recent piece for ...

At its heart, a place-based approach is built on a simple principle: The people who live closest to a problem are also ...

Place-based math education is easier to teach about than to put into practice in rural classrooms, according to a new study. Many rural schools have embraced place-based education because they say it ...

Tucked into the southwest corner of the Navajo Nation, Arizona’s STAR School is a charter school that knows its place—literally. The school is completely “off the grid,” powered by solar panels and ...

What is Place-based Learning? Place-based learning is an instructional approach that focuses on developing student’s sense of place and learning through exploring their environment. Thus, most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the future of learning, work and human development. We’re handing off some complex challenges (and some great ...

Since its establishment in 2016, Teton Science School's Place-Based Symposium has evolved into an annual event through which educators and thought leaders from around the world exchange place-based ...

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today an award of $5.1 million dollars to fund 12 place-based education projects ...

WASHINGTON ― The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced awards totaling $2 million to support eight projects that engage children ...

Growing up in a rural farming community, Dr. Jodie Winship understood that education was important but, for many, not possible due to poverty, commitments to family farming businesses and a host of ...

On an overpass in North Portland overlooking Interstate 5, Kathryn Nock and Jordan Stokes are taking stock of the neighborhood, including nearby Harriet Tubman Middle School. “It’s kind of hard to ...