Project-based learning is an incredibly effective method of instruction. But, unlike traditional instruction, it’s also much harder to pull off. Educators in a variety of settings can be prone to implementing project-based learning improperly. When not executed well, students tend to just scratch the surface of a subject or simply waste Read more…
Most schools are full of disengaged students that don’t care about what they’re learning. According to a Gallup poll of close to one million students in the US, around 50% of adolescents in high school feel disengaged in school, and 20% of them are actively disengaged. And if students aren’t engaged, then they Read more…
Project-based learning is hard. Often times, we fall in love with the research and stories of PBL but find it incredibly hard to effectively implement in our student’s life. This is especially true if our students are interested in something less traditionally academic like horses. But from our experience working Read more…
Last week, we welcomed the newest cohort of students to join the Sora Schools community!
The story of Sora Schools is one of overcoming assumptions and mistakes and growing from them. We’ve given our students real power to work with us to craft the school of the future. They, just as much as us, run our school. To develop our education model, we had to Read more…
A student at Sora talks about his experience in school and his algae project!
This week, our student Hannah launched a rocket she built from scratch–all to help her learn physics, trigonometry, and chemistry.
One of our students talks about her experience at Sora and the community in the school.
One of our students talks about his experience at Sora and how his projects tie into his interests.
One of our students talks about his experience at Sora and the projects he’s working on at school right now.