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Professional Learning

Adult Project Based Learning (PBL): Our Summer of Joyful Hard Work!

When adults experience project-based learning, they can see what it's like for students to engage in learning that's meaningful, complex, sustained, and open to many solutions.
Professional Learning

From Classrooms to Campfires: Fostering Educator Growth with Symmetrical Learning Adventures

A camp for teachers provides immersive professional learning that mirrors the community, agency, and joy of deeper learning for students.
Building Community

How I Shifted My Classroom Thanks to Brave Colleagues

When shifting to a student-centered, self-paced classroom, it helps to have brave colleagues who will support you, guide you, and even join you in your effort.
Building Community

The Power of Presence: Transforming Educators’ Lives through Coaching

Coaching represents an opportunity for educators and schools to strengthen and reimagine learning, culture, and systems.
New Designs for School

How to Teach Students Who Aren’t There

When chronically absent students do make it to school, they often feel lost and frustrated and behind. Self-paced, mastery-based learning can help them learn, and it can keep the rest of the class moving forward too.
Technology Tools

How Generative AI Can Enable and Accelerate H3 School Transformation

Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children—and, by extension, our nation—to thrive today and tomorrow.
Why Schools Need to Change

Hope in a Time of a Failing Education System: A Call for Transformation

2024 Nevada Teacher of the Year Jeannie Penrod offers her take on why schools need to change and how she is making it work for the students in her school.
New Designs for School

Benefits of Self-Pacing in Skills-Based, Hands-On Classes

These six benefits to self-pacing in hands-on learning found in a family and consumer sciences course can also happen in CTE, project-based academic courses, and other hands-on learning opportunities.
New Designs for School

Hold the Curtain! Unlocking Student Potential through Expressive Arts: A Pathway for Student Development

The expressive arts catalyze student empowerment and discovery in education. See examples of expressive arts in a well-rounded education.
Why Schools Need to Change

The Case for Curiosity

If we want all kids to have powerful, effective, and joyful learning experiences, these three axioms about curiosity can help.