Nov 20, 2024

How do you develop a student-centered secondary classroom with a packed curriculum, strict assessment guidelines, and an exam based culture? 

This is the dilemma Gisou Ravanbaksh faced when wanting to provide more agency to her students in her DP Psychology class. 

But through a few simple shifts in the learning process...

Oct 23, 2024

What happens to the classroom environment when you give students a real problem to address?

That's what Dave Strudwick, former Teacher/Principal of Real School Budapest was wondering when he asked year 5 students to fuse literacy, multimedia, and fashion to "create a better world." 

His classroom transformed from a...

Oct 8, 2024

What learning opportunities exist beyond our classroom doors? 

That's the question that led school founder and student-centered educator Dr. Jane Shore on a community mapping expedition with her high school students in Philadelphia. 

Through a simple 5-step process, they uncovered community stories, built strategic...

Sep 25, 2024

What do grades tell students about their learning? Are they even helpful? 

Even though evidence suggests grades are a poor motivator for student learning, we still use them in our classrooms to evaluate learning. But there's a much better way to not only evaluate learning, but track learner GROWTH and PROGRESS. 

In this...

Sep 18, 2024

With AI able to fill out worksheets, write five paragraph essays, craft short stories, or pen reports in seconds, the impetus for inspiring original, real-world work couldn't be greater. 

How as student-centered faciltiators do we support students in producing the kind of work that they find PERSONALLY meaningful...