This summer, one of our many site visits took us to Nome, Alaska, where we had the opportunity to see place-based instruction in action. We observed an “On the Land” workshop offered through the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus’s High Latitude Range Management program. The workshop exemplified high-quality experiential, place-based pedagogy. Taken together, the week showed what place-based education can accomplish when the land becomes the classroom.

A holistic evaluation requires more than measuring change. It requires understanding the experiences, relationships, and contexts that shape that change.