Encouraging Support for Fundraising

Encouraging Support for Fundraising

To gain experience-based insight on garnering excitement for successful student trip fundraising, Teach & Travel asked educators: How do you encourage support for fundraising? Fundraising in our school—as I am sure in most—is very competitive, with many student...
A Reminder to Put Safety First

A Reminder to Put Safety First

Alcatraz East Crime Museum, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, has teamed up with the Natalee Holloway Resource Center and Beth Holloway to offer some timely travel safety tips. Fifteen years ago, on May 30, 2005, Beth Holloway’s nightmare began. Her daughter, Natalee...
Top Experiences in Huntsville for Students

Top Experiences in Huntsville for Students

Though Huntsville’s most well-known attraction for students is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, there is a variety of additional ways students could take their learning to new heights. The Huntsville community has a wealth of experiences designed to engage and...
Musical Growth on a Michigan Island

Musical Growth on a Michigan Island

Jim Gibbons, Band Director at Oxford (Michigan) Community Schools, is no stranger to Mackinac Island. In fact, the educator of 21 years has been taking over 100 seventh- and eighth-grade band students to the yearly Mackinac Music Clinic by Brightspark Travel since...
A City of Murals

A City of Murals

What started as an anti-graffiti program in Philadelphia, by artist and educator Jane Golden in 1984, has now grown to be a leading internationally recognized program with over 4,000 works of community-based public art. Today, thanks to Golden and Mural Arts...