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Dr. Michelle Pledger’s Rodeo Days

This is a special bonus episode. The jury's out on whether it's "educational" but this is not a story you want to miss. [read more]

Dr. Michelle Sadrena Pledger

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How Exhibitions of Learning Came to Lincoln High School

Alec Patton talks to Lincoln High School Principal Melissa Agudelo about the challenges of bringing exhibitions of student learning to [read more]

Melissa Agudelo

Campus Connections at King Middle School

Principal Natalie Daniels and her team partnered with educators and community to develop a powerful two-day seminar and advisory program [read more]

Brent Spirnak

How to Teach Material that Doesn’t Fit into a Project

Students strengthen their learning by practicing skills that may not fit directly into a project but build the foundation for [read more]

Alec Patton

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Policy Project

Students developed persuasive speeches about a local issue that was based in biology research to speak at a city council [read more]

Carli Stubbs, Dan Slowik, Kelly Bisbee

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

Tempered

Students learned about music, rhythm, and self-awareness by creating instruments from objects made of glass. [read more]

Armando Carrero

We Have All This Data, Now What?

Too often when teachers get data, they don’t know what to do with it. At the University of Chicago Middle [read more]

Jennifer Ciok, Naomi Wilfred

Issue 28: Spring 2025

May, 2025

Improvement

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At ISLC, Data + Relationships=100% FAFSA Completion

Garett Brownlee Plantz talks to Alison Murray and Antonia Guzmán to find out how International Studies Learning Center (ISLC) achieved [read more]

Alison Murray, Antonia Guzman, Garett Brownlee Plantz

Leveraging Data Routines for 9th Grade On-Track Results

In this episode, Alec talks to Nichelle Woodson, the Chief of Network Success at RISE Eileen Mezzo, an Assistant Principal [read more]

Alec Patton, Eileen Mezzo, Nichelle Woodson

STEM

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San Diego to Hawaii

Project Cards provide quick glimpses of inspiring projects designed by teachers and realized in collaboration with students. [read more]

Chaz Parker-Olafs, Matthew Leader

The Boneyard Project

This eight week project between Nick Ehlers’ junior biology class and Patrick Wilcox, a ... [read more]

Nick Ehlers

Education Accessibility

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Electioneering Project

Teacher Mele Sato explains the exhibition rehearsal process for the electioneering ... [read more]

Brent Spirnak, Mele Sato

Improvement as Teacher Empowerment

Stacey Caillier interviews math teacher Janet Hanshaw and instructional coach Joanna Burt-Kinderman, both of West Virginia, about the Mountaineer Mathematics [read more]

Janet Hanshaw, Joanna Burt-Kinderman, Stacey Caillier

Arts & Literacy

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Bento

Students used words and images to express themselves through their experiences, passions, past memories, adventures, beliefs, sayings, dreams and more! [read more]