In the first article for PBL Week, I made the argument that PBL offers educators a path to transform education from a test-based enterprise into a strengths-based approach that supports
The primary reason I began to transition my Humanities classes to a Project-Based Learning program was to improve student engagement. I was struggling to keep my students motivated and working
One of the enduring conversations PBL educators have about project-based learning is how to differentiate a project from PBL. One distinguishing marker—probably the best differentiator—is that PBL uses a Driving
Conversations with school leaders continue to be focused on emerging options for schooling. While many started the year in full-virtual mode, plans continue to be developed to shift to hybrid
Pew Research Center recently released Social Media Use in 2021, its biennial review of American adult social media trends. When Pew first began tracking adult social media adoption in 2005,
In February 2020, I bought a daybed for my eight-year-old daughter. When it finally arrived that April, hiring someone to do in-home assembly simply wasn’t an option. “Hey, do you
Since January, there has been mounting pressure on school administrators to reopen their schools to in-person instruction. One compelling factor is that nearly half of America’s students have not been
As a teenager growing up in a small-town in the foothills of Northern California, I remember being shocked watching the beating of Rodney King. I was even more astonished when
By Matthew Kressy & Tom Woelper, New England Innovation Academy When we began envisioning the curriculum for the New England Innovation Academy, one of the elements core to our requirements
This article is republished from a blog post in Learner-Centered Leadership by Devin Vodicka, March 21, 2021. During the course of my educational career, there have been many well-intended reforms
Effective leaders are learners. And that’s never been more true than right now. With all of the change, the challenges, and the problems that leaders are confronting in this chaotic
By Joshua Freedman CEO, Six Seconds and Michael Eatman PCC, Founder, Culture7 Coaching Part I of What’s The Real Plan for DEI was an overview of the key issues associated