A Vacaville educator said Solano Resource Conservation District’s watershed education programs, held near Suisun marshlands and already underway this year, “provide our students with a powerful ...

In “Outdoor Science Lessons Foster Environmental Stewardship” AIP graduate student Jim Spandikow explains how he creates opportunities for his students to study outside and connect to nature through ...

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.

A teacher guides students in a “closing circle” during a forest school session in Tijeras, New Mexico. Studies show that outdoor learning has many benefits. Credit: Adria Malcolm for The Hechinger ...