Articles and Resources

Reassessing the Value of place-based education

Promise of Place

Documentary Probes Stressed Schoolkids

Geoffrey Canada Talks to Jimmy Fallon About Harlem Children's Zone, Parent's Roles and Promise Neighborhoods 

Documenting and Assessing Place-Based Learning: Example Portfolio


Want Passion (Not just Data) to Drive learning? There's a school for That!


References for Critical Issues Paper

Creswell, Tim.  2004. Place: A Short Introduction, 6-8.  Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Dewey, J.(1959). School and society. In M. Dworkin (Ed.), Dewey on education. New
York: Teachers College Press.

Gregory Smith and David Sobel. 2010. Bring It On Home. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Education Leadership 68 no1 S 2010 p. 38-43 ISSN: 0013-1784

Gruenewald, D. (2003). The Best of Both Worlds: A critical Pedagogy of Place.  Educational Researcher, 32(4), 3-12. Doi: 10.3102/0012189x03200400

Gruenewald, Doug (2005). "Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities (review)". Journal of college student development (0897-5264), 46 (3), p. 331. DOI: 10.1353/csd.2005.0026


Williams Resor, Cynthia. 2010. Place-Based Education: What is Its Place in the Social Studies Classroom? Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.  Education Complete, Auraria library