August 9, 2022 0 Project-Based Learning: Giving Choice Within Curricular Boundaries Maguie Alexander, a secondary school Dominican history teacher, is passionate about the subject she teaches, [...]
July 30, 2022 0 Teaching Independence With Project-Based Learning Our 6th grade Language Arts (LA) teacher, Christina Perez, had always known that moving to 7th grade — [...]
July 15, 2022 0 How to Give up Control and Do Project Based Learning With the Primary Grades. When deciding to try Project Based Learning, 1st grade Spanish teacher, Racel, felt "pretty nervous." After all, how much would six- and seven-year-olds be able to do on their own? [...]
June 7, 2022 4 Reimagining School: A Student-Led Think Tank One of the strengths of the pandemic has been its ability to put a spotlight on everything that is wrong with [...]
April 22, 2022 3 How to Use Learning Journeys to Facilitate Student-Led Learning After spending a year and a half in remote learning, many of our students were having difficulty returning to [...]
February 25, 2022 2 Reigniting the Reading Flame After a year and a half of remote learning, we’re finally back in the classroom and we can’t wait [...]
October 10, 2021 0 Empowering Students Through Self-Assessment of the Writing Process Sandy is busily writing the first draft of her personal narrative in 7th grade language arts. Ten minutes [...]
April 24, 2021 4 The Pandemic Was NOT a “Lost Year” in Education Everywhere I look, I see people writing or talking about the “lost year” in education. I [...]
October 28, 2020 2 COVID-19 is Not the Problem: Creating a Student Led Movement for Change Up until last March, the world was full of problems for us to tackle — from plastic pollution and [...]
October 24, 2020 0 6 Ways to Help When Your Child is Frustrated with Their School Work Last week I gave some ideas for creating a home learning environment for your child. Having a quiet place to [...]