The Future of Work: Will our Learners be Ready?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-a-UmoRt4
Watch the video above and you’ll see a future world full of grocery stores operated by cameras and algorithms, farming equipment and semi trucks driven by computers, and warehouses, fast-food restaurants, hospitals, …
Place-Based Education and Environmental Education: Are They One and the Same?
If there are two approaches to learning that we here at Teton Science Schools know best, place-based education (PBE) and environmental education (EE) would be the two. Today, PBE is ingrained in everything we do; …
This Teacher Turned Her Holiday Wish List into a Buzzing Community Initiative
It was over a snack time conversation that fourth grade Rock Bridge Elementary School teacher Caitlin Nichols first noticed her students’ interest in native bees. It was December and she and her students were casually discussing what was on their holiday wish lists. …
How the Government Shutdown Sparked Student Inquiry, and Action, Around Local Food Insecurity
“We believe in the potential of place-based education to empower students with greater autonomy and more agency so that they can identify and take ownership over complex community and global challenges.”
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The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” – Henry Miller
Place is at the forefront of everything we do at Teton Science Schools— it’s our classroom, …
Place Network Students Making a Big Impact with Tiny Home Project
In September 2018, Place Network teacher Devon Barker-Hicks embarked on an ambitious place-based journey with her Meadow Valley School eighth grade students. Their project? An 8 x 24 foot tiny home. Their goal? To raise money for an ADA-compliant playground and raise awareness for the housing crisis that has gripped their rural mountain community of New Meadows, Idaho.
