Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In my Advanced Placement U.S. government and politics classroom, students take on the role of attorneys and argue a Supreme Court ...

Can project-based learning help close the achievement gap? New research focused on young elementary schoolers suggests that a well-designed and well-taught project-based-learning curriculum can help ...

Elementary school students in Illinois whose teachers used a project-based-learning curriculum had stronger scores on a math test that measured problem solving than their peers from more-traditional ...

Can the long-struggling Philadelphia school system change how we measure success by focusing on meaningful work instead of test scores? Ninth-graders at the Science Leadership Academy work on a group ...

Gil Leal took AP Environmental Science taught with a project-based learning approach at San Pedro Senior High School Marine Science Magnet in Los Angeles. One project involved students working in ...

Project-based learning – a teaching approach whereby students explore and solve real-world challenges – can improve third graders’ scientific knowledge as well as their social and emotional skills.

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. Organizations face a growing skills gap — ...

Students begin preparing for life after graduation the moment they step on campus their first year. Their time as undergraduates is valuable and limited—in just a few short years, they will prepare ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA - FEBRUARY 22: Students Milad Omidian, left, and Mikayla Addison interact following a class at TC Williams High School Thursday February 22, 2017. Students and their mentors from George ...

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 ...

Don Pringle was having some trouble getting control of his classroom. As he stood at the front of the room, patiently counting down from five, small groups of students continued lively discussion ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a city that’s struggled to meet the educational needs of many of its children, especially its most vulnerable ones, a select group of district high schools is shunning the ...