Growing Demand For Wilderness Education May Widen Learning Inequality
Parents desperate to get their kids outdoors and offline are choosing wilderness schools for their kids, but poor, urban kids are missing out. Educators in Kingston, N.Y., are trying to change that.
A high school senior kneels in the forest duff, grasping a handmade bow. He moves his arm back and forth, and a high-pitched squeaking sound ricochets through the woods.
Eight-year-old Asher Wool stands a few feet away. He explains what this teenager is up to.
"So, he's rubbing the string against the spindle to make a coal that can make a fire," Asher says.
No matches. No crumpled newspaper. The teenager has worked for years to develop the skill of building a friction fire here at Earthwork, a wilderness school located in western Massachusetts.
"We work more than 20 years ago.
