Madison School Forest a teachers' educational tool

Jeffrey Davis:

In the literary world, forests have often been the symbol of menace.

Think of how many times someone has uttered "we're not out of the woods yet."

But a forest is a great place to begin one's outdoors education and apply science, math, reading and writing.

And the Madison Metropolitan School District is playing a role.

Several retired MMSD teachers recently spoke of alerting newer teachers to take advantage of the opportunity to introduce children to the Madison School Forest, a 307-acre woods the district owns southwest of Verona in Wisconsin's Driftless Area. It is also known as the Jackson School Forest after naturalist Joseph "Bud" Jackson.

The school forest is a gem.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 16, 2013 12:24 AM
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