Often, those involved in place-based philanthropy believe that solving an area’s intersecting social challenges requires two values: (1) respecting the people, practices, and organizations of a ...

I wrote last week about the Rural Schools Partnership, which is an initiative dedicated in part to encouraging placed-based education. A recent article by the University of Virginia’s Amy Azano in the ...

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 ...

Gifted programming is often intended to expand students’ thinking and give them access to new experiences. In rural areas, though, that can lead to pushing talented young people to choose between ...

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 ...

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 ...

UW’s 2021 Storer Scholars were named during an online ceremony. From top left to lower right are: Addie Deupree, a Teton Science Schools (TSS) faculty member and coordinator for the Storer Scholars ...

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 ...

NEWBURYPORT — An exciting initiative going on in the Newburyport schools these days is called place-based education. It involves a simple, but often overlooked strategy: getting students out of their ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) aims to increase the scientific and environmental literacy and problem-solving skills of children and youth ...