Deciding grant awards together is itself a team-building and learning exercise.

Evidence

The process of deciding who should get how much funding is one of the best techniques for helping SEED team members bond and gain clarity about what constitutes effective place-based education in their community. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 38

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Authentic community audiences can evaluate student work as real professional stakeholders — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 114; Ownership in place-based programs grows from multi-sector institutional partnerships — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 13; Small distributed grants let teachers self-direct their place-based projects. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 38