Angela Ninde stood at a whiteboard to teach a lesson on odd and even numbers. Her students were rolling sets of dice and adding up the totals to understand the number patterns. It was a typical 5th ...

Mackenzie Nichols always dreamed that her children would go to the same school she’d attended: Peterborough Elementary, a public school of about 250 students in a small, outdoorsy community in ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

SALISBURY — Everyone has fond memories of spending time outdoors as a child, but the life skills developed while playing in the backyard are not as readily apparent. An early education center in ...

Students at Howland Springs Primary School soon will get to explore stories in a magical new outdoor reading space designed ...

In 2010, my oldest son moved his family to Norway, abandoning a senior-level position with the federal government to live in a cottage on the edge of a fjord. My two granddaughters had spent their ...

When asked by a visitor recently if they liked learning outside, second-graders in Tammy Fisch's class at Central School in Mamaroneck could not contain their sun-kissed glee. Such enthusiasm was for ...

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BRAVING THE ELEMENTS. THEN YOU CAN PUT YOUR BACKPACK RIGHT IN THE WAGON. IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL HERE IN BOX FORD, MASSACHUSETTS. I LOVE YOU. HAVE A GREAT TIME IN THE. HERE WE GO WITH THE ...