Giving Compass' Take:

• Field trips not only allow students to explore the world around them, but they also turn it into a new classroom for a different type of in-person learning experience. Here, Education Dive explains how these outings result in better academic outcomes for students by increasing hands on learning. 

• What are some of the costs that come with field trips and could they be mitigated through nonprofit funding? How does this set a limitation on students' ability to participate? 

• Learn how this school is using trips to get students more involved and passionate about their learning.

The rush of field trip day is something most adults remember vividly from their childhood: clutching a school lunch, sitting next to a friend, boarding a bus to anywhere as long as it wasn’t at school. A field trip represented a day of freedom, which offers “students opportunities that are impossible to find in a classroom,” Elisa Caref, the director of education at the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB), said in an email.

“Whether it’s a museum, an outdoor field science trip, a community garden, or a tour of an old boat docked in the harbor, students get to explore an entirely new way of learning in a brand-new context,” Caref said. “They are exposed to a variety of careers, settings, and a way of learning that is inaccessible in the classroom.”

Read the full article about the benefits of school field trips by Lauren Barack at Education Dive.