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The Charrette Protocol
I love the charrette protocol because it provides a structure for brainstorming lots of ideas for developing an initial idea [read more]
Learning Danish by Selling Potions
Imagine peering down an ordinary school hallway, clutching an entry ticket that was sent to you. You turn a corner [read more]
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Doing Lesson Study in Math
Alec Patton interviewed MAIC Director Daisy Sharrock, and Improvement Coaches ... [read more]
We’re About All Kids, and All Kids Being Successful
The percentage of seniors who completed their FAFSA forms at ... [read more]
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Continuous Improvement in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Perspective
Our topic was “close reading,” and when we were sharing strategies ... [read more]
Exhibiting Student Writing.
Exhibitions of student learning, with their many projects, activities, and associated... [read more]
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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]
A Journey With Venetia Phair, The Girl Who Named Pluto
In British Primary, we were encouraged to follow our students’ interests in developing... [read more]
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Giving Teachers a chance to “Test Drive” their Lessons
M’s fourth graders were buzzing as they worked in pairs to solve the math problem M. had just presented to [read more]
Sunflowers and Math
I don’t recall how long our class spent working on the art pieces or what we did before... [read more]
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The Politics of Assessment
Assessments such as exhibitions and internships are intrinsically authentic but are few... [read more]
Deconstructing Myths And Clarifying Truths
There are times when I recognize the importance of my job as a history teacher more... [read more]
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A Community Committed to Deeper Learning
Almost exactly one year into the global pandemic, the deeper learning community gathered virtually... [read more]
Building Empathy Through Action
Teenager. What does that word make you think about? Do you think of recklessness and... [read more]
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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]
Rock On! A Virtual Reality Geology Project
A fourth grader from High Tech elementary North County stood inside a crater of an extinct volcano. He contemplated where [read more]
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Throwing a Shoe Every Day
It was first period, on the first day of seventh grade. Twenty of us sat fidgeting in... [read more]
Annotating Teacher Work
The first might be expected of my eighth graders: they were not listening during class. The... [read more]
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The Power of My Mistakes
Below I discuss three times in the past year when I have tried my own projects. In each case, I [read more]
Education, Expanded
The High Tech High system is a hotbed of intellectual thought on the topic of education,... [read more]