by aperkins | May 15, 2024 | Blog
What is Artful Reading Science (AR: SCI)? AR:SCI weaves together literacy, science, and the arts to support students as they discover and build knowledge about the world. It fosters intellectual curiosity and fluency, using themes and practices to connect with science...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Blog
How does one change a deeply established pattern or schema? If you have ever tried to change a habit in your life, you know that it takes time, awareness, commitment, and a steady patience as you fall back and forth between the new and the old you are trying to leave...
by rodaniel | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog
luck. The US Department of Education has just launched a comprehensive website on the topic of building STEM Teacher Leadership. The subtitle of the website is “Reflections by the STEM teacher leader community on opportunities and gaps in STEM teacher leader...
by rmesser | Apr 23, 2015 | Blog
On Alex’s first day of Algebra class at his new school, the teacher projected a graph on the screen and asked the students to make a list of everything they notice about the graph. After an appropriate amount of time, she asked the students to stand up with their...
by dperkins | May 13, 2014 | Blog
Recently I recorded and posted a great Google Hangout on our YouTube channel with Jill Ackers of the Dallas Spanish House in which we explored project based learning in her elementary and pre-K Spanish immersion school. One of the things we touched on was how...