It is a typical day in high school. After grabbing my things and walking to class, I step into my classroom, where about 12 students take their seats around a big oval-shaped table. Rather than ...

Each day, Dunham middle and upper school students can be found seated around a table, engaged in deep discussions, sharing ideas supported by evidence in their academic materials, and listening to ...

MMI Preparatory School recently purchased two Harkness tables to transform two classrooms into collaborative learning labs to help prepare students for the discussion-based learning courses they will ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story describing the Harkness Discussion is by Amy Frierson, a marketing assistant at Prince Avenue Christian. She has a degree in middle school education. As I stepped into the ...