Field Trips
Curriculum
Field Trips to Art Museum Offer Multiple Benefits, Study Finds
A new study finds multiple benefits for students who participated in a school field trip to an art museum in Arkansas, including enhanced ability to think critically about art and stronger interest in the arts.
Curriculum
Get Going: Teachers' Favorite Field Trip Spots
Education Week Teacher's crowdsourced map shows teachers' favorite field-trip locations across the U.S.
Education
Virtual Field Trips: Where Should You 'Go'?
Due to budget cuts and a lack of resources, teachers may need to find creative ways to take their students on field trips. Consider the iPad as another tool to help you discover fresh angles on new places and topics. Edutopia has compiled a list of virtual field trips.
School & District Management
Mobile Apps Make Field Trips More Interactive
With "augmented reality" technology, teachers can transform a pond or an empty lot into a vibrant classroom.
Teaching Profession
Teachers' Field-Trip Prank Sparks Anger
Some teachers at a school in Windsor, Ontario, are facing a backlash after they duped students into thinking they were going on class trip to Disney World in Florida.
Teaching Profession
Resource Watch: Virtual Field Trip to Mt. Kilimanjaro
Middle and high school science teachers might want to take note of a free virtual journey being offered to classrooms this week and next.
Education
Remote Alaska School Aspires To Take D.C. Field Trip
Remote Alaska school captures nation's attention last year with trip to California, and with the threat of closure looming, students have their eyes this year on making it to Washington, D.C.
Education
Purposeful Field Trips Good For At-Risk Rural Students
Purposefully designed field trips help at-risk rural students make connections between classroom and real-world jobs or training, according to new study.
Social Studies
Government Shutdown Could Spoil School Field Trips
The closure of the federal government may well coincide with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.
Law & Courts
News in Brief
District Sued Over Field Trip to Voting-Precinct House
An anti-tax group has sued the Cincinnati school district after a claim that students were taken to a voting-precinct house on a field trip, shown how to vote, and given Democratic sample ballots.
Education
Field Trip to the Polls
A Cincinnati public school took three vanloads of voting-age students to the polls during school hours and gave them sample ballots--which only showed Democratic candidates.
Federal
District Survey Shows Cuts in Textbooks, Electives, Field Trips
A new survey of school district officials suggests that cuts are on the rise for academic interventions, electives, textbooks, and field trips.
School & District Management
Texas District Cancels Field Trip to Hear Bush Speech
Leaders of the Arlington school district opted not to show President Obama's back-to-school speech, and now they've rethought plans to have students hear former president Bush.
Education
Field Trip Goes High Tech on National Mall
A few dozen educators, armed with hand-held devices, trekked around the National Mall to see how Web 2.0 tools can be used outside the classroom to engage students. But the educators' tech tools didn't work as well as some hoped they would.