Audio only Resources Slides from “Fostering Brave Spaces” Annotated Transcript Hello, my name is Grace Gilmour. I’m a seventh The post On Fostering Brave […]
Without question a big #highfive goes out to the opening of classroom and school doors through visiting other schools and The post Tom Drake’s Bright […]
Meet Grace Gilmour, and her proficiency-based classroom. “Oh yay. I was like: yay, my heart.” This was Grace Gilmour’s response to a student’s honest appraisal […]
The art of listening We are big believers in including student voice in our storytelling. Usually we ask students to talk about a specific project […]
7th and 8th graders take the initiative to share their stories with the world. Ms. Cicchetti’s 7th and 8th grade language arts classes at Crossett […]
Beyond the Passion Project Clara wanted to do something amazing for her final Brainado project. She wanted to push herself and leave a “remembrance,” as […]
Personalizing PE In this era of personalized learning, it’s not just the jocks that find P.E. enjoyable. At Crossett Brook Middle School and Shelburne Community […]
Who let the dogs in? For some students, being ready to learn when they arrive at school is a big ask, and more than a […]
The transformation of Team Quest Educators never feel like they have enough time to do all the things they want to do with students. But […]
Launching a new project cycle with inspiration from the last one Organizing your realia — testimonials, storytelling and artifacts — from a round of projects […]
A tale of research-driven change Last year two educators at Crossett Brook Middle School undertook an amazing action research project that directly improved their interactions […]
A new recipe for Personalized Learning Plans Rather than trying to get students to care about existing PLPs, some schools are revamping their PLP process […]