Community-based Education: Model Programs

This 74-page guide is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and is part of a series on community-based education. "This educator’s guide will provide a glimpse at what is possible when teachers and their students embrace the community-based approach." Stories of community-based education included are intended to provide inspiration and ideas on how to involve students in community-based learning. Sections in this guide include Introduction, Community-Based Framework, The Jane Goodall Environmental Middle School, Rachel Carson Center for Natural Resources, School of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Academy, and Straub Environmental Learning Center. Other guides in this series include Community as a Context for Learning, Community-based Natural Resources for Biology, and Connecting Classrooms to Community: A Guide for a Community-based Approach to Education.