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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]
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]
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”Ask the Kids to Find Solutions”
Gunter Pauli is the founder of Zero Emissions Research & Initiatives (ZERI), a global... [read more]
Evaluating Aim Statements Work Book
This work book will help you craft, and revise, an Aim Statement for your improvement project! [read more]
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Writing “Downtown”: Student Voice in Teaching Writing
Like my students must do in their writing, I must attend to my audience. Using what I... [read more]
Writing About Math
First, as in any subject, writing about math forces students to articulate their thoughts... [read more]
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Correlation: Mathematics Instruction & Social Issues
Our school has an Advisory class twice a week. [read more]
Blossoms From Compost: Lessons From a Messy Garden
Gardening is whole-body learning, offering rich, multi-sensory, direct personal experience... [read more]
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Mathematical Makeover
I’m done, what do I do now? This is one of the utterances I least enjoy hearing in my fourth... [read more]
Designing a Collaborative Learning Environment in Math
What do I want for my students? I want them to be active learners, able to ask questions... [read more]
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Deconstructing Myths And Clarifying Truths
There are times when I recognize the importance of my job as a history teacher more... [read more]
The Good, Bad, and Ugly of a Successful School Project
“Human history is punctuated by the prolific rise and inevitable collapse of... [read more]
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Graffiti Discussions
“The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything..." [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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Who Owns Professional Development?
After hanging up the phone I pause to think about professional development at High... [read more]
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A Reel-y Authentic Project
Raising thousands of dollars in a short period of time to start a student run, non-profit... [read more]
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. [read more]