We went through a process to identify the key qualities, skills, and mindsets we wanted to ensure all of our students graduated with in order to best prepare them for…
Thomas GaffeyDecember 21, 2021
This excerpt is from the third post in a series on CBL written by Sandra Moumoutjis, Building 21's Executive Director of the Learning Innovation Network, for The Aurora Institute. When…
Sandra MoumoutjisDecember 9, 2021
This excerpt is from the second post in a series on CBL written by Sandra Moumoutjis, Building 21's Executive Director of the Learning Innovation Network, for The Aurora Institute. You…
Sandra MoumoutjisOctober 30, 2021
This excerpt is from the first post in a series on CBL written by Sandra Moumoutjis, Building 21’s Executive Director of the Learning Innovation Network, for The Aurora Institute. Transitioning…
Sandra MoumoutjisOctober 20, 2021
“You can register students to vote but what’s going to get them out of bed to actually vote? You can register but if you don’t know why you’re voting, there’s…
Shannon Salter BurghardtMarch 18, 2021
Toni Fonseca, ELA Teacher at Central Academy in the West Ada School District, took on a project to create a student-facing version of the ELA competencies and continua for her…
Thomas GaffeyOctober 2, 2020
"A common question we get from beginners is, 'but what does it look like?' One of the ways to begin to answer this question is to show participants what grading…
Thomas GaffeyJanuary 14, 2020
One of the challenges we face when trying to innovate in traditional public school systems is the higher level of scrutiny required to immediately prove that what we are doing…
Sandra MoumoutjisMarch 18, 2019
There are two questions that I have thought about often and deeply over the last 5 years while trying to create an innovative school model. The first is asked by…
Sandra MoumoutjisFebruary 4, 2019
