The school has developed a programme that allows every child to take part in Forest School for half a term each year.

That collective parental cri de coeur you hear anytime the notion of summer camps—or, indeed, school in the fall—is raised? It’s real. With many camps canceled or on hold, and with in-school learning ...

Forest schools are on the rise, nearly doubling in size each year. In 2020, there were 585 registered in the United States.

The forest as a classroom is not a utopia from another time nor a new trend. In 1950, Denmark was the first country to promote this type of school, even to take pride in putting children outside the ...

There are more families considering alternative schooling options over their traditional neighborhood school district. Meanwhile, enrollment at a tiny, private school in Berrien County has exploded ...

It’s a common complaint among teachers as well as parents in the U.S. these days: kindergarten has become the new first grade and the unintended casualty of that is preschool, which has consequently ...

These students wandering through the woods on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, aren't on a school field trip – this muddy field IS their school. From the moment they're dropped off in the morning, ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small ...

Forest schools, microschools and worldschooling are just a few of the unconventional education models that are changing the face of traditional schools. From parents dissatisfied with conventional ...