Our work springs from a deep respect for students. The old thinking was that students had to do a lot of boring drill before they could do anything of value. We set out to refute that. -- Matt Riggan, ...

In the late 1990s, Matthew Riggan was becoming convinced that traditional teaching methods weren’t providing kids with authentic opportunities to learn. So he and some colleagues designed an approach ...

In its first year as fully-fledged public high program, the Workshop School has 92 students in the University City building that last year held the West Philly High School automotive program. With ...

Imagine a school where classes are organized not by subject but by project — a school created not by administrators, but by teachers fed up with the status quo. A school where kids from a city's ...

The National Association of Black Journalists is holding a minority journalism workshop at Webster University.

Kanawha County Schools has been named one of only five school districts nationwide selected to host the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Peer-to-Peer education program. This week, the district welcome ...