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Educators who used place-based education consistently report that their students have become increasingly engaged and enthusiastic about learning. Additional student benefits from place-based education in the published literature include:

Increased academic performance and motivation for achievement

Improved critical thinking

Enhanced workplace skills such as leadership, persistence, taking responsibility, and teamwork

Social-emotional development

Civic engagement, involvement, and responsibility, and increased action competence

Awareness of career opportunities

Place-based education also yields benefits for teachers, schools, and communities.

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The Power of Place-Based Education | Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative

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Educators who used place-based education consistently report that their students have become increasingly engaged and enthusiastic about learning. Additional student benefits from place-based education in the published literature include: Increased academic performance and motivation for achievement Improved critical thinking Enhanced workplace skills such as leadership, persistence, taking responsibility, and teamwork Social-emotional development Civic engagement, involvement, and responsibility, and increased action competence Awareness of career opportunities Place-based education also yields benefits for teachers, schools, and communities.

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This is something a social worker recommended to me once for a student with big behavior challenges

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The 2x10 strategy: a miraculous solution for behavior issues?

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The 2×10 strategy is simple: spend 2 minutes per day for 10 days in a row talking with an at-risk student about anything she or he wants to talk about.

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Each person creates a puzzle piece for someone else in the class after spending time getting to know them. Put the puzzle pieces together and display in the class.

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Help your students put their learning to work by allowing them to engage in authentic projects that have a positive impact outside the walls of their classroom. Connect with senior citizens to write their stories. Publish a book on sustainability. Create commercials to raise money for a great cause. The options are endless, and the impact will be enduring!

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Blue Apple makes project based learning (PBL) a reality. We help teachers create cross-curricular lessons, make real-world connections, and collaborate with other classrooms.

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This strategy combines AI's innovative potential with student creativity, challenging them to solve real-world problems. This strategy fosters creative problem-solving, teamwork, and engineering skills as students design, build, and test solutions inspired by AI. It enhances understanding of AI’s practical applications and encourages critical thinking. Ideal for various subjects, this hands-on approach makes learning dynamic and prepares students for a future where technology and innovation converge.

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Want to know how your learning might be relevant to the lives of your students? Ask them! Post a large (2'x3') elephant picture on your wall. Then, tack on a piece of paper with a topic you're studying. Tell your students you're afraid that what you're learning might be "irrelephant," and challenge them to come up with ways it might be useful now or in the future. By shifting frames to let your students argue for relevance, you increase buy-in and find out new ways your learning might be meaningful!

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Competition can motivate students, but it can also cause all sorts of problems. Get the benefits without the drawbacks by having your class collaborate to do something as well as possible. For instance, instead of having students race to finish their fact sheet first, ADD everyone's times and post the total on the wall. Then, next time, you can see if your class can beat their previous record. Students will support each other and cheer each other on as they strive to do their best... together!

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Students learn by observing models and by critiquing the work of others. So save or create a "B+ Exemplar " of how a project or assignment might look. Have students identify why the exemplar did well (it did, after all, receive a B+), as well as how it could be improved to earn that "A." When students make these observations themselves, they take greater ownership, and their learning sticks in a more durable way!

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Help students take ownership of their learning by helping them craft SMART goals. For a particular objective, support students in setting goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely. Specific and Actionable: Focus on qualities of the work, not the person. Grades/comments with no focus on improvement are not actionable. Also, provide students with time to fix it up!

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Stars and Stairs is a great strategy for clearly communicating learning targets and learning pathways. Start by specifying a learning continuum, starting with more basic and foundational skills, and moving toward more complex and contingent skills. As students demonstrate mastery of each skill, give them a star and guide them to focus on mastering the next skill in the sequence.

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Not everything that students know is on the test. Finish every assessment by asking, “What else do you know about this topic -- that isn’t on this test?” in order to suss out the diverse understandings your multitalented students possess!

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Use the RAFT strategy to differentiate instruction and to promote creative thinking. Assign (or have students choose) a Role, an Audience, the Format, and the Topic. For example, you may have students present a Topic that is related to the investigation question, and students might choose to play the Role of a newscaster, present in the Format of a cartoon, and pretend their Audience are parents.

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When some students seem to provide an answer or explanation more quickly than others, routinely ask those fast finishers to show you “another way.” What’s another way you can get that answer? What’s another explanation for the result? What’s another way to explain what happened? Challenge them to think of new ideas that are even BETTER than their first; this is a great way to build growth mindsets!

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Increase student ownership by providing students with a bingo board or learning menu filled with intellectually rich activities. Allow students to choose which activities to complete in order to construct a bingo.

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Help students engage in productive and empathetic group conversations by having them volunteer to share either an apology, an appreciation for someone else, or a realization that someone helped them achieve.

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60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology, Aha!

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Novel Nametags combines students' interests with AI technology to create unique, story-telling name tags. This approach boosts creativity, self-expression, and classroom community, making students feel recognized and connected. It seamlessly integrates technology into learning, offering a fun, inclusive activity that enhances personal connections and fosters a welcoming classroom environment. Ideal for any grade level, this strategy enriches the educational experience through personalized engagement.

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Honor individual gifts and draw students into the classroom community by identifying areas of strength and giving students unique roles to play to help the class. Use the Gifts Organizer to help you get some ideas!