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…
My Education at the Met In this keynote address at Deeper Learning 2015 in San Diego, the author describes how…
Sizzle and Steak So, exhibitions can be exceptionally stressful for everyone involved, but that’s no…
A Reel-y Authentic Project Raising thousands of dollars in a short period of time to start a student run, non-profit…
Education, Expanded The High Tech High system is a hotbed of intellectual thought on the topic of education,…
The Politics of Assessment Assessments such as exhibitions and internships are intrinsically authentic but are few…
The Power of My Mistakes For my project on authoritarian rulers, I divided students into groups, each of which…
On The Trail Of The Literacy Campaign: An Internship As I sit in a small living room, an elderly woman details her experiences fifty years ago.
Experiencing Difference Last Spring, as part of our school’s Immersion Week, thirteen students and I headed to…
Voices and Visions Well-versed in the project protocol, our seniors are hungry for the real world. They…
Who Owns Professional Development? After hanging up the phone I pause to think about professional development at High…
Race and Ethnicity in an Integrated School The email, signed only “Concerned Student,” expressed outrage because the author felt not…
Disruptive Innovations in Schooling In this edited version of remarks at the High Tech High GSE Speaker Series, the co-author…
How Do They Come Up With This Stuff? With a teaching background in the most traditional of schools, I’d daily find myself…
Messy Business: A Student’s Perspective on PBL It’s the winter of 2006 and High Tech High International has gone from being a high school…
Crafting Beautiful Work Ron Berger has had an enormous influence on how High Tech High and many other schools….
Why We Did It When we opened the first High Tech High in September of 2000, we had no idea that we would…
Migration is Beautiful San Diego is located in a “biodiversity hotspot” home to thousands of endemic…
Radical Self-Love Radical Self-Love is a year-long, social justice project that unpacks the complex idea of self love…
Drive-Thru Generation In this time of COVID19 and social distancing, we must consider our need for appropriately…
Nature Treasures from Land to Sea In this interdisciplinary project, Kindergarten students explored the diversity of San Di…
Project Dreamlight Inspired by Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Simon Sinek’s Youtube Video “Addiction…
Laughter Project In this hybrid project done in the 2020-2021 school year, fifth graders learned what makes them funny…
Seafaring on the Web In this project, students underwent an exhaustive research project featuring one marine species…
