San Diego/Tijuana Crossed Gazes Twenty-two middle school children (12 in Tijuana and 10 in San Diego) learned and applied ...
Moral Courage Project n this project my middle school students go on a self-exploration journey through ...
Aboriginal Art Middle school students studied the Aboriginal Art form, including non-naturalistic ...
You Say You Want a Revolution? In this action-packed eight-week project, students used primary and secondary resources ...
Welcoming New Members Through Design Thinking "How can I help new people feel welcome to Colegio Roosevelt and make their transition ...
The Haunted Arcade: Halloween Carnival Games In preparation for the popular school-wide Halloween carnival, 7th graders challenged ...
Response-ABILITY: Empathy in Action Few people recognize or understand the conflict and crisis that result in refugee ...
Creative Collective: An Integrated Project of the Arts Our 6th and 7th grade students collaborated to create an art piece that combined the ...
Educational Video Games And Transdisciplinary PBL The above scene occurred in a recent session of the Minecraft Mathematics Middle School...
Why We Did It When we opened the first High Tech High in September of 2000, we had no idea that we would...
Who Owns Professional Development? After hanging up the phone I pause to think about professional development at High...
When Exhibition Might Not Be Enough On the day of our second school-wide exhibition last year, a student’s words nearly...
We’re About All Kids, and All Kids Being Successful The percentage of seniors who completed their FAFSA forms at ...
Want To Get Home On Time? Well, if we want to create a society in which we all take responsibility for the good...
Uganda Unpacked: A Mizungu Tale As I slid into the small hut on the outskirts of Gulu, I could just make out my companion...
The Power of My Mistakes For my project on authoritarian rulers, I divided students into groups, each of which...
The Politics of Assessment Assessments such as exhibitions and internships are intrinsically authentic but are few...
The Long Road: (Re)Segregation in America Gary Orfield co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project and is currently Co-Director of...
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of a Successful School Project “Human history is punctuated by the prolific rise and inevitable collapse of...
Teachmeet: PD for Teachers, by Teachers Presenting at an event is voluntary and you can choose to do a 7 minute micro-presentation...
Teaching, Learning, and Relationships In this panel discussion, aired as part of a MOOC on Deeper Learning, students share...
Teaching Beyond the Test I first felt the pressures of raising my students’ test scores during my second year.
Teachers’ Work And School Change In this UnBoxed interview, Judith Warren Little, Dean of the Graduate School of...
Taking A Stand On Controversial Issues Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Students as Experts in Professional Development Involving students as experts in our adult learning community has been a great way to...
Student-Centered Teaching, Teacher-Centered Leadership The first journal entry I wrote as a brand new apprentice teacher is dated September 13...
