Field Trips

Teaching Opinion In Praise of the Field Trip
What is a field trip's ultimate purpose? How will the students apply what they have learned? What are their takeaways? And--because these are the questions we hear most often in national policy discussion--was this content standards-based? Could it be delivered (and measured) more efficiently and effectively? Say, in a video or interactive computer game? I'm going to go ahead and answer that question: No.
Nancy Flanagan, April 5, 2016
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Curriculum How Virtual Field Trips Can Change Science Class
An administrator with Durham Public Schools plans more than 100 virtual field trips each year that take her district's elementary school students to places they could never afford to go to otherwise.
Marva Hinton, March 25, 2016
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Teaching Profession Chicago Teachers Take Students on Field Trip Despite Furloughs
Teachers at Jorge Prieto Math and Science Academy have decided to follow through with a previously planned field trip today, on the first of Chicago Public Schools' furlough days.
Kristine Kim, March 25, 2016
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Teaching How One School District Uses Virtual Field Trips to Save Lots of Time, Money
An administrator with Durham Public Schools plans more than 100 virtual field trips each year that take her district's elementary school students to places they could never afford to go to otherwise.
Marva Hinton, March 25, 2016
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School Climate & Safety News in Brief Md. District Prohibits Field Trips to Baltimore
The Harford County school system in Maryland has banned field trips to Baltimore indefinitely, citing safety concerns following the unrest over the death of Freddie Gray and the subsequent trials of police officers charged in his death.
The Associated Press, February 16, 2016
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Teaching 'Flipped Museum' Pilot Upends Traditional Field Trip Model
The North Carolina Museum of Art is applying the "flipped classroom" model, in an effort to better engage students.
Sara Gilgore, July 27, 2015
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Jasmine Capili and Cesar Viallsenor try to figure out an Exploratorium exhibit on sound waves while their classmate, Stephanie Posadas Torres, listens at the end of a glass tube in the background. All three 6th grade students are from Vallejo, Calif.
Jasmine Capili and Cesar Viallsenor try to figure out an Exploratorium exhibit on sound waves while their classmate, Stephanie Posadas Torres, listens at the end of a glass tube in the background. All three 6th grade students are from Vallejo, Calif.
Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report
Curriculum With 'Local Control' Funds, Calif. District Buys Field Trips
New funding rules that put school spending decisions in the hands of local communities have spurred a renewed interest in field trips for students in Vallejo, Calif.
Lillian Mongeau, May 28, 2015
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Student Achievement 4-H Club Expands College Prep Program to New York City's Hispanic Youth
The 4-H national youth organization is expanding an after-school dropout-prevention program for Hispanic high school students in New York City and two other cities with a $2 million grant from New York Life Foundation.
Kathryn Baron, February 20, 2015
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler at his offices in Washington.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler at his offices in Washington.
Stephen Voss for Education Week
Education Photos Education Week’s Photos of 2014
A recap of our favorite visual storytelling from the talented staff and freelance photographers who worked for Education Week in 2014.
Charles Borst & Swikar Patel, December 22, 2014
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Classroom Technology White House Kitchen Opened to Students for Virtual Healthy Cooking Demo
Thousands of students across the country took a virtual field trip to the White House kitchen for a cooking demonstration and a lesson on healthy eating by White House top chef Sam Kass during a live-streamed, interactive webcast.
Kathryn Baron, October 31, 2014
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Student Achievement Programs Found to Stem Summer Learning Loss and Boost Achievement
An analysis of summer academic and enrichment programs operating in 13 states and the District of Columbia that were developed by the nonprofit Building Educated Leaders for Life, or BELL, found that students struggling the most in elementary and middle school showed the greatest gains in math and reading after going through the program
Kathryn Baron, October 23, 2014
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Village Leadership Academy student Eden Magana, at right, is introduced to a young girl near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa.
Village Leadership Academy student Eden Magana, at right, is introduced to a young girl near the Jimenoa Waterfall near La Joya, Jarabacoa.
Alyssa Schukar for Education Week
Federal Photo Essay Chicago Students Journey Through the Dominican Republic
Chicago freelance photographer Alyssa Schukar talks about her experience accompanying students from the Village Leadership Academy.
Education Week Photo Staff, July 25, 2014
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Student Achievement Student Turns Civil War Passion Into Powerful Learning Experience
Andrew Druart has turned his excitement with Civil War history into a learning opportunity he feeds after school, in the summer, and on weekends. He also has a website, The Civil War For Kids, to help other young people get engaged with the subject.
Laura Heinauer Mellett, October 29, 2013
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Teaching Government Shutdown Takes Toll on School Field Trips
Schools are making last minute changes and dealing with disappointed kids as museums and national parks are closed because of the government shutdown.
Laura Heinauer Mellett, October 10, 2013
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