From the Portland Tribune:

Article by Nancy Townsley,

It isn’t at all unusual to see a group of fourth-graders from City View Charter School exploring an historic building in downtown Hillsboro.

That could happen almost any weekday, because the seven-year-old private school, based on an “expeditionary learning” model, encourages its pupils in kindergarten through eighth grade to learn by doing.

Never Again Is Now: Using the Holocaust to Examine Ourselves, Our Communities and Our Humanity

Presented in affiliation with the Holocaust Educators Network, the National Writing Project, the Boise State Writing Project, and the Idaho Human Rights Education Center. 

“Historians will argue that the Holocaust was a turning point in modern history: a point from which we have, and will, determine our future humanity.”

For many teachers in the Expeditionary Learning network, summer is a time to step into their students' shoes and do a little learning of their own. This article from Anna Renault highlights just one of EL's summer institutes:

Honoring The Road To Reconciliation- Honoring memories, Telling our stories, Rebuilding Rwanda. These excerpts from the program includes Bishop Rucyahnan and Ambassador Kimonyo. This Commemoration was held at Decatur Discovery Academy in Indianapolis, IN USA on 4/23/2011

View still photos from the event here.