How summer internships are impacting Seattle youth I took an incredible journey last week. I sat in a gondola beneath a giant stratospheric weather balloon, soaring upward, higher and higher, until…
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One of the most challenging pieces that comes with adulthood is busyness. Whenever I talk with my friends or family and ask “how’s life?” one answer very likely to come…
Summer 2018 was a Busy Summer of Professional Learning – For us and our teachers! The practices of rigorous project-based learning and the skills and dispositions necessary for students to…
My colleague at Educurious, Jenny Aguilar asked me to write a blog post for our new website. The questions she asked me were, “What is project-based learning? And why is…
Welcome to the next iteration of Educurious! Several months ago, I accepted the reins at Educurious from the previous CEO, Michael Golden, who boldly led the organization from its inception…
“I will remember how to look at different perspectives and consider what people want.” – 7th grade student, Showalter Middle School, Tukwila, WA “What we did was a real-life situation and…
“As teachers, we need to free our young people from the crippling idea that they must not fail, that they cannot mess up, that only some students can be good…
A key characteristic of rigorous project-based learning is the exhibition. In the Educurious world, this may not be a live event but could be that students post their projects on…
Why do we have to read this? It’s a common complaint in classrooms. Even though we know in our pedagogical hearts that students need to read more than ever to…
Embedding Assessment Throughout the Project is one of five keys to PBL. It’s a process that happens moment by moment. Students are actively involved as assessment is integrated throughout the project…
