This style of teaching is called the Harkness method, and adopting it at the University of Michigan would greatly benefit our student body and academic culture as a whole.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 7—Greta Johnston remembers the first day she stepped into Steve Jobe's classroom at Frederica Academy. Political posters and ...

The classroom is filled with chatter—questions, comments, and, mostly, opinions fly around the room—yet Sarah Wadleigh, the teacher, sits quietly at the lectern doodling. The unfolding events are all ...

In 1930, oil magnate and philanthropist Edward Harkness made a gift to Exeter Academy (and several other eastern boarding schools) that was meant to revolutionize secondary school teaching. The gift ...

When you hear the word “classroom,” you might picture a room filled with desks, a chalkboard/white board, and a teacher standing at the front. The teacher is lecturing and asking questions, and ...

Dec. 7—Greta Johnston remembers the first day she stepped into Steve Jobe's classroom at Frederica Academy. Political posters and memorabilia filled nearly every visible space, on walls, shelves, ...