Transforming School with Student Input
Last year at The Community for Learning, we asked a group of students to lead a think tank, tasked with [...]
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How to Hook High School Readers Through the Study of Author’s Craft
In his tongue in cheek article How to Create Non-Readers, Alfie Kohn lists all the things teachers tend to do [...]
Relevance in Project-Based Learning – Connecting History to Real World Issues
Translation: We decided to create a movement Pia, our 7th grade Spanish Language Arts and Dominican History [...]
Honing Collaboration Skills Through Project-Based Learning
Our 1st grade teacher, Maria (Mari) Isabelle Morillo, is completely dedicated to her students and runs an [...]
Project-Based Learning: Giving Choice Within Curricular Boundaries
Maguie Alexander, a secondary school Dominican history teacher, is passionate about the subject she teaches, [...]
Teaching Independence With Project-Based Learning
Our 6th grade Language Arts (LA) teacher, Christina Perez, had always known that moving to 7th grade — [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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