Politics of the Personal Students wrote research essays and designed piñatas about topics that personally impacted them
Turning Points, Toy Theatre The goal of this project was to recreate and interpret critical historical turning …
Media Saves the Beach Is it safe to go in the water? This question began an exploration of San Diego’s beaches …
Cultural Solutions In Nature In this project, students investigated biomimicry—the quest for solutions to human …
The Creative Masters Project In The Creative Masters Project, students select a creative Spanish-speaker from any …
Colonies, Clusters, and Classrooms? Students researched a variety of animal communities through fieldwork, experts, …
Permission to Wonder: Using Art to Deepen Learning We were asked to be accountable for our teaching: were we effective? Did people learn what…
Collaboration, Critique and Classroom Culture As I watched my class interact close to the year’s end, I felt un-needed. This is a good…
Engaging Students In this we are not alone. Around the world, more attention is being paid to finding ways…
In the Circle I would ask myself, “Why do I have to read this book?” I would wonder how the teacher chose…
Superhero in the Making This project integrates language arts and physics standards while tapping into students’ …
Transforming Schools On the first day of my Action Research course, I always ask my students—all educators-…
