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There was one student in particular, who I’ll call “Alex.” He excelled in conversations with his peers and often shared his thoughts in class discussions, but his performance on written exams did not reflect the full depth of his understanding.

You can bring PBL principles into any math class immediately with four simple strategies—no large project required.

Through fieldwork and research, students learned how tide pools are created and how the environment changes with low and high tides

Students partnered with the SoCal Beep Baseball Association to design soldered equipment to make the game more available.

First graders worked as naturalists to connect the community to the ants that share our environment

Lesson study works especially well for areas of teaching that have rigorous research, like the science of reading.

“Hey, I’m gonna need that hundred dollars by the end of the day,” Max said as he double-checked the owed amount on his collection sheet.

The honors biology pathways allowed students to develop relationships and no part of school felt more absent during distance learning than relationships. 

Our encouraging words, listening ears, hugs and high fives make a big difference in the...

I felt a wave of panic. Adriana didn’t remember all of her letters and sounds. Yet she was testing on our F and P assessments as an average reader in my classroom. About 30% of my students were reading at a first or second grade level, about 30% were reading at a third grade level, and the last 40% were reading at a fourth or fifth grade level.