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.

Breen, the education director at The Escondido Creek Conservancy, has been providing outdoor education in San Diego County for the past eight years and is the recipient of the Olivenhain Municipal ...

Modesto City Schools is located in Northern California, and we receive more than 260 days of sunlight annually. While the sunshine typically provides ideal climate conditions, it can also be a ...

Schools across Aotearoa are rethinking what learning can look like beyond the four walls of a classroom. That shift is not just about fresh air and a change of scenery. It reflects a growing ...

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

The tables have indeed turned at Island Park school district, where officials are borrowing a page from William Wordsworth's timeless poem and letting nature be their — and their students' — teacher.

Nine years ago, when my oldest son was in kindergarten, his 6.5-hour school day included just 15 minutes of outdoor recess. That paltry interval was typical of our Minnesota public-school district.

The new Shawnee Outdoor Learning Center in west Louisville aims to reconnect children with nature, promising enriching ...

LAS CRUCES - Students at Monte Vista Elementary School and eventually all 39 schools in the Las Cruces Public Schools district will have access to an outdoor learning area by fall of 2022. The idea ...

As a way to increase student engagement in the K–12 classroom and provide an opportunity to socially distance, many schools have turned to outdoor learning spaces. With new technology, lessons can now ...

When children step out of their traditional elementary school classroom to learn outdoors, they experience a wide range of benefits. Outdoor learning is fun, active and fosters creativity and problem ...