by Kyle Wagner | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
Great news. The verdict is out. And not that it should surprise any of us, especially from what we have witnessed first hand with students in our classrooms. Project-Based Learning Improves Student Performance and Helps Close the Equity Gap. A groundbreaking... 
by Kyle Wagner | Feb 14, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Remote Learning
How do you help High School students receive lost credit for classes they missed because of CoVid? This was the question PBL Innovators Denise and Jackie faced at the end of last year when CoVid was in its most contagious phase. They had two choices. Create study... 
by Kyle Wagner | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects, Remote Learning
This PBL transformation story is shared in its entirety by Sara Lev, an expert early years practitioner… The Background This is my 16th year as a classroom teacher – I currently teach Transitional Kindergarten (4- and 5- year olds) in Los Angeles, California. I... 
by Kyle Wagner | Jan 31, 2021 | Blog
The Background Like most math teachers, David Perez, an Integrated Math III teacher at Colegio Decroly Americano in Guetamala was finding it hard to engage his students around complex math concepts. It’s not that he lacked the passion, he had multitudes of it,... 
by Kyle Wagner | Jan 24, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects
THE BACKGROUND Andrew Morrissey, a grade 10 Individuals and Societies IB teacher at Beijing City International School was finding his “Causes of World War One” unit falling on deaf ears. His teenage students, while finding the topic interesting from a... 
by Kyle Wagner | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog, Project Examples, Projects, Remote Learning
THE BACKGROUND The community garden project started with a simple question: What impact can growing our own gardens have on our community? Lua Yagangagi, a mixed- age primary teacher in Rizhao, was hoping some of the problems of social distancing, anxiety, and... 