How Can We Increase Math Retention for Students?

Data suggests a significant decline in U.S. students' math performance exacerbated by the pandemic but rooted in pre-existing issues such as stagnant scores and superficial teaching methods. Learn how to address this issue through systemic changes […]

Assessment Tools for Back-to-School

With the new school year in full swing, there is a wide range of tools and methods educators can explore to enhance student learning, from digital tools like AI-driven lesson creators to immersive technologies like augmented and virtual reality. […]

Using AI-Powered Technology for Lesson Planning & Assessment: 4 Tools to Explore

Integrating AI and digital tools into education provides many benefits including streamlining assessment, increasing efficiency in instruction, enabling educators to assess students and provide feedback faster, personalizing learning for students, […]

Laying the Foundation for PBL Culture

“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” —Deepak Chopra

So, you are a school leader. Your school plans to implement High Quality Project Based Learning (HQPBL). First of all, congratulations! This journey will bring rich rewards to both students […]

Empathy—The Difference Maker for Inquiry

“Empathy—the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.”

—Oxford Languages

Recently, I attended and facilitated sessions at the Association for International Schools in Africa’s (AISA) annual conference. Educators across the continent […]

Assessing Deeper Learning

The profound disruptions to traditional schooling over the past two years leave educators with unique opportunities to redefine school. Though it may be tempting to try to teach faster to "catch up" on missed content, we contend that the best course […]

Meet the HQPBL Rubric!

“Education is not an affair of ‘telling’ and being told, but an active and constructive process.” 

— John Dewey

I would like to share a tool that will help educators implement High-Quality Project Based Learning, or HQPBL. It is a 6-part framework […]

Promoting Student Choice in Assessments

Now that the school year has started and hopefully we are making the transition into hybrid, distance or in-person learning, it is a good opportunity to think about options that will work regardless of our learning space. We may need to transition […]