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Video: Hollister Elementary’s action based learning lab

In the fall, I visited the action based learning (ABL) lab at Hollister Elementary Leadership Academy to see brain science first-hand. 

“What we learned is that the brain can be healed. If you work on those aspects of the brain to get them functioning better, kids can learn better,” Principal Amy Boyette said. “ABL encompasses the idea of bringing the learning to the kids in the way that they need it most.”

Read more about Hollister Elementary’s ABL lab here and see the video below. 

Yasmin Bendaas

Yasmin Bendaas is a science writer. A North Carolina native, she received her master’s degree in Science & Medical Journalism at UNC Chapel Hill, where she was a Park Fellow.