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It Takes a Village to Raise a Writer

We called our project the Earth Authors Program. It began with Ramnath setting the groundwork by giving children an authentic reason for writing. [read more]

Aneesa Jamal

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Improving Literacy in a Large Urban District

Alec talks to Amiee Winchester, director of continuous improvement at Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), and Zack Jaffe, a manager [read more]

Alec Patton, Amiee Winchester, Zack Jaffe

Welcome to Unboxed Issue 27

What if we treat people, from the beginning, as imaginative, intelligent, playful creatures who deserve to be understood as such? [read more]

Alec Patton

An Improvement Project Tackling Chronic Absenteeism

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Ferdinand T. Day (FTD), a Title 1 elementary school in Alexandria, Virginia, noticed an alarming increase [read more]

Amber McEnturff

From The Current Issue

What if kids just copy the model?

The answer to this question is, literally and precisely, "I'd like to see them try." [read more]

Alec Patton

Comic Con Project

With the collaboration of a comic book artist community partner, students wrote and designed their own comics [read more]

Jennifer Mason

Classroom Design for Busy People: Make a “Tribute Wall”!

As a new teacher, I faced the same dilemma every fall: What to put on the walls of my classroom? [read more]

Brad Blue

Deconstructing Construction Projects

Last spring I was standing in my fifth-grade classroom, mid-project, rearranging student groups when I realized we had a problem. [read more]

Jeff Govoni

Issue 27: Fall 2024

December, 2024

Improvement

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Problem Statement

How to craft a problem statement for your improvement project [read more]

Dr. Michelle Sadrena-Pledger

Improving FAFSA Completion Rates

We are attempting to represent the findings of a major Continuous Improvement project ... [read more]

Ben Daley

STEM

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Matter All Around

First Grade Scientists explored the world of matter all around them! They wondered… [read more]

Meaghan Leahy, Trisha Magoon

#Hashtag Film Project

Students examined the role of the media in their lives and how they can use the media to ... [read more]

Chris Olivas, Melissa Cochran

Education Accessibility

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Diverse By Design

These conversations may be hard, but my discomfort is small compared to what my peers... [read more]

Nicole Tempel Assisi

Disability & Identity

LeDerick Horne speaks about the importance of educators being open about their ... [read more]

Brent Spirnak, LeDerick Horne

Arts & Literacy

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In Their Skin

"All too often we focus on our immediate impressions when considering other’s ... [read more]

Karly Robinson

One Drop at a Time

There were three major components to this project: A class novel study of the novel ... [read more]

Christine Sullivan

Leadership

Scott McLeod: Leadership for Deeper Learning

Scott McLeod

Student Led Conferences – Student Perspectives

Brent Spirnak

Schools as Equitable Communities of Inquiry

Rob Riordan, Stacey Caillier

Elementary

Dance Dance Reconstruction

Michelle Jaconette

Kindergarten: Expanding Play

Michelina Francisco

Liberty Station: Then and Now

Jami Saville, Janna Steffan, Ruby Rodrigues

Middle School

Stories of Service

Zoë Randall

Throwing a Shoe Every Day

Lillian Hsu

San Diego/Tijuana Crossed Gazes

Dr. Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Zoë Randall

High School

The Making of the Modern Teen

Margaret Noble, Rachel Nichols

Faces of South County

Dalya Almansour, Laszlo Folks, Marisol Franco

Geometric Mural Project

Lauren Niehaus

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