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For Bernita Bedah, Language is Foundational to Building Identity

Navajo teacher Bernita Bedah teaches a bilingual kindergarten class in Navajo and English. She talks to Alec about why that's important for her students, and her community. [read more]
  • Bernita Bedah

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Piñata-based Learning with Paola Capó-García

Alec Patton talks to Paola Capó-García about "Politics of the Personal," the twelfth-grade English project she created in which students [read more]
  • Alec Patton, Paola Capó-García
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Improvement Reviews

Improvement teams and system leaders reflect on data while receiving feedback from reviewers to move their work forward [read more]
  • Curtis Taylor
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What You Can Gain From Empathy Interviews

Allyson Fritz shares what she has learned about conducting empathy interviews from her work on reducing chronic absenteeism in Washington [read more]
  • Allyson Fritz

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Love Languages for Educators

By learning to recognize the preferred ways in which people in your life understand love, you can better connect with [read more]
  • Erin Asselin, Linzi Golding
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How to Start Continuous Improvement Without Stopping Everything

One of the key principles of continuous improvement is that you should spend a lot of time understanding a problem [read more]
  • Amiee Winchester, Zack Jaffe
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Tidepool Protectors

Through fieldwork and research, students learned how tide pools are created and how the environment changes with low and high [read more]
  • Ailinne Jimenez, Claire Deken, Lydia Callis
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Tackling Chronic Absenteeism

Tracking absences quarterly allows schools to spot trends and changes faster, whether they be something to celebrate or a student [read more]
  • Erin Asselin, Linzi Golding, Melanie Gonzalez

Issue 28: Spring 2025

May, 2025

Improvement

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Kicking A** by Taking Names, with Ben Daley

Alec talks to High Tech High Graduate School of Education president Ben Daley about one of the most powerful (and [read more]
  • Alec Patton, Ben Daley
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Transforming Schools from the Ground Up

Justin Cohen and Derek Mitchell (Partners in School Innovation) discuss Justin's newly-released book, Change Agents. [read more]
  • Derek Mitchell, Justin Cohen

STEM

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Wild About Cramlington

Today, I want the 28 students I am working with to experience just enough failure to act... [read more]
  • Darren Mead
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Lakeview

A math teacher and an art teacher were fascinated by the “wave machines” of kinetic artist Rubin Margolin. The art [read more]
  • Mele Sato, Phil Estrada

Education Accessibility

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Mood Board Welcome Routine

A supportive welcome routine that is authentic and establishes trust and respect in your classroom through humorous mood boards. [read more]
  • Curtis Taylor, Daisy Sharrock, Mari Jones, Ruth Smith, Yekaterina Milvidskaia
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Young Voices: Superkids Speak

Students explored personal and inspirational forms of power through reflection, research, and creative storytelling. [read more]
  • Clara Mesaros, Melina Aguirre, Trevor Barton

Arts & Literacy

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Honestly, the performance itself was the best part of the project. [read more]
  • Jennifer Howard
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Writing About Math

First, as in any subject, writing about math forces students to articulate their thoughts... [read more]
  • Allison Cuttler

Leadership

Redefine Who You Are as a Learner

  • Brent Spirnak, LeDerick Horne

How to Conduct Student Led Conferences

  • Jesse Wade Robinson

Student-Centered Teaching, Teacher-Centered Leadership

  • Mike Fishback

Elementary

Honoring the Students

  • Tony Simmons

What Did You Learn in School?

  • Garrett Bucks

Know Your Values

  • Adria Steinberg, Brent Spirnak

Middle School

Hero vs Villian

  • Dan Allen, Jorge Cerna

Bamboozled

  • Laura Webber

Portraits of Resilience

  • Nicole Lively

High School

When Exhibition Might Not Be Enough

  • Wesley Davidson

Chemistry and Conflict

  • Daisy Sharrock, Peter Jana

Observing Schools

  • Brent Spirnak, Chris Emdin

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