Understanding the Connection: Place-Based Education and Nature-Based Education
Educators are increasingly turning to innovative teaching methods that transcend the traditional classroom setting. Place-based education and nature-based education are two such approaches that are often considered together. Let’s take a look at what each entails and how they interrelate. …
Mountain Academy Jackson Campus Announces Suspension of its Upper School Programming
Mountain Academy Jackson Campus Announces Suspension of its Upper School Programming
Young Toddler – 8th Grade Education and Programming will Continue at Coyote Canyon Campus
Jackson, Wyoming – Teton Science Schools Board of Directors and the Mountain Academy Advisory Board (MAAB) announced this week they are suspending programming for the Upper School at Mountain Academy Jackson Campus. …
“Math in the Mountains” Brings Math Olympians to Teach Young Learners in Jackson
Teton Science Schools program hosts renowned mathematicians to mix math recreations with outdoor adventures
Many of today’s top thinkers developed their creative minds and problem solving skills through learning mathematics. …
TARTANS Take to Training in the Tetons
A unique trip brought together two RSC hub partners for intentional learning, memorable experiences, and crucial relationship building in the beautiful snow-covered Teton Mountains.
Recently, members of the Monmouth College (Illinois) TARTANS Rural Teacher Corps took a trip to Teton Science Schools. …
Ozarks Teacher Corps: Rural Place-based Learning in Missouri
We joined Teton Science Schools, Community Foundation of the Ozarks, and several RSC Grants in Place veteran teachers at a collaborative, rural teacher corps training in the Missouri Ozarks Hub. The future is bright for these aspiring rural educators! …
Hearth and Home
The spirit of the Muries remains ever strong, exemplified through a remarkable honor bestowed upon long-time Murie Ranch Docent, Dan McIlhenny in 2021.
Grand Teton National Park Chief of Interpretation and Partnerships Vicki Mates awarded Murie Ranch’s “Docent Dan” McIlhenny the prestigious title of Honorary Interpretive Park Ranger this fall. …
Help in coming up with ideas for Personal Projects or Community Projects
Tamarack, Idaho is home to one of the schools in the Place Network: Mountain Community School. Mountain Community School opened its doors to students for the first time in August 2022, and this is our first dispatch from their team, …
Partnership Highlight – Ruch Outdoor Community School
Finding Our Place at Ruch Outdoor
Written by Kim Neiswanger, First Grade Teacher, Ruch Outdoor Community School – Originally published in Applegater, an Oregon-based Community Newsmagazine
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Place-Based Education and Ethnomathematics
Teton Science Schools’ Field Education Instructor Alex Sivitskis coauthored a study about place-based education and ethnomathematics titled: “Place-Based Approach to the Praxis of Ethnomathematics Education: Investigating Woven Bamboo Doko of Southern Bhutan.”
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Community is Key to Rural Teachers’ Success: Wyoming’s New Rural Teacher Corps
By definition, rural schools are “located in remote geographical locations where the distance to an urban city is over 100 miles” (Campo Ringler and Jones). That means almost all school districts in the state of Wyoming are classified as rural schools. …
