Place-Based Learning: Connecting Kids to Their Community

At Hood River Middle School, place-based learning makes student learning relevant and engaging by turning their local geography, culture, history, and economy into classroom lessons.

April 19, 2016

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Hood River Middle School

Public, Rural
Grades 6-8
Hood River, OR

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