Community Service Learning
The Thanksgiving Lesson
First graders learn about compassion, action and change in response to hunger and homelessness int heir community.
Education
Integrated Curriculum, Authentic Learning, Child-Generated Investigations
Where’s Your Shirt From? Second Graders Learn to Use Data to Change the World
A student's question, "Where do you look for the union label?" sparked an investigation into where our clothing is made, integrating a mathematical data investigation, geography, economics and social justice."
Families With Power, Home-School Connection
Learning to Roar
Families With Power’s goals are grassroots parent empowerment and increasing student achievement.
Inquiry-Based Science and Standardized Testing
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Test
I teach child-oriented inquiry-based science based on the standards not specifically to raise test scores but to raise creative problem solvers, empathetic doctors and ethical researchers.
Family Diversity
Heather's Moms Got Married
Second graders talk about same-sex marriage and family diversity.
