Kathy Perez
Based on 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading
Looking for successful, easy-to-implement tools and techniques to integrate differentiated reading instruction? You’re in the right place. Read on! Read more
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Resistance Undone: Driving PBL Implementation
Categories: Instruction, School Improvement
A PBL Story
At an urban school with above-average STEM scores, faculty fought against the principal’s effort to raise expectations and do “even more.” When she had first urged her deeper learning vision with a call for project-based learning, many teachers balked. “Last year we worked hard to get our scores up. Don’t ask us to change what works. You can say that PBL will help even more, but who knows?” Read more
To Increase Student Motivation, Focus on Real-World, Project-Based Learning
Categories: 21st Century Skills, Instruction, Technology
Based on Implementing Project-Based Learning
When Hurricane Harvey flooded neighborhoods and destroyed property in Houston, Texas, teachers didn’t take long to turn the natural disaster into meaningful learning. In schools across the Humble Independent School District, students engaged in a wide range of projects that focused on protecting and restoring the Lake Houston Watershed—using drones to survey riverbanks, inventing devices to filter drinking water, and participating in hands-on conservation efforts.
These students have no reason to ask the tired question, “When will we ever need to know this?” Read more
How the Create Excellence Framework Lives Up to Its Name
Categories: 21st Century Skills, Instruction, Technology
Children learn everyday, whether in school or out of school. They learn by skateboarding at the park, playing basketball on the court, listening to music, or just hanging out with friends. Do students learn more when they are in school or when they are out of school? Which learning do you think is retained longer? Read more
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Five Keys to Deeper Learning
Categories: 21st Century Skills, Authors
Driving Question: What Helps Teachers Enrich Learning Through Project-Based Learning (PBL)?
When talking with teachers who have the freedom to plan their lessons and projects so that students make many choices about what, how, and when they learn, this driving question is unnecessary. These teachers know and do what it takes to promote the work the thoughtful students do. They also know the benefits.