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Building Bridgemakers (Excerpt from Hip Hop Genius 2.0)

When Walter arrived at St. Paul, Minnesota’s High School for the Recording Arts (HSRA), he was already an activist…
Painting representing commitments made by participants in the 2021 Deeper Learning conference

A Community Committed to Deeper Learning

Almost exactly one year into the global pandemic, the deeper learning community gathered virtually…

Serving English Language Learners Starts by Serving Teachers

I stood in front of the classroom, testing guidelines in hand, as 17 sixth-grade studen…

Morning Meeting: Rooting the Day in Community and Social Justice

Mara Gonzales ditched the “Would You Rather” questions in her Morning Meetings and now starts the day with discussions about recognizing privilege…

Quick Jots to Support Student Reading

Independent reading is the reading students do that has potential …

Julie Ruble’s PDSA Reports

During Induction, participants complete four PDSA cycles …

Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective

Our topic was “close reading,” and when we were sharing strategies …

Graffiti Discussions…

“The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything…”

Building Empathy Through Action

Teenager. What does that word make you think about? Do you think of recklessness and…

“Thou Talk’st of Nothing”

In today’s media-saturated society, it can sometimes feel like a sisyphean feat to…

Every Classroom Should Be A Maker Space

Early on, I held up published books ranging from 50 to approximately 150 pages. “This…

An Artful Thinking Classroom

I projected the image onto the screen and gave my eighth grade students several quiet…

Graffiti Discussions

“The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything…”

Reclaiming Stupidity

Ken would prepare for his class weeks ahead of time, carefully experimenting and planning…

Autobots in Action

Each autobot used a computer and an array of sensors to interact with its environment.

Ampersand: Making Sense of Internship

In January 2009, in my sixth year teaching and fourth year at High Tech High Media Arts, I…

Stories of Service

In the spring of 2008, eighth graders at HTMMA took part in a National Veterans…

All the School’s a Stage

Many people would rather die than put themselves onstage, so they are comfortably seated…

Remixing Education

A TV satellite dish made of tin cans. A tattoo gun crafted out of a ballpoint pen and a rubber…

Outside the Lens

“This exhibit shows you what we love about ourselves. We are all unique and have different…

Exhibition Blues

In a shadow puppet play, the audience sees only shadows on a screen while the puppeteer’s…

In Over Our Heads

“It began in a whirlwind,” she started. “After the first week, it became apparent to me…

Diving in Belize

When I tell people that I took a group of students to do underwater photography in…

Bento

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

The Art of Folding Paper

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

How Does My Vote Matter?

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

Poppin’ Tags

Tackling fast-fashion through upcycling and thrifting

VersUS

The central idea of this project was to use the city itself as a text and students captured the details of the journey through photography and journaling

Ease on Down the Road

Students partnered with different non-profits around San Diego to help spread their messages to the community.

Lakeview

A math teacher and an art teacher were fascinated by the “wave machines” of kinetic artist Rubin Margolin. The art teacher spent two years learning how to make one of his own. Then their students learned how too.