Two years ago, as a Year 2 ELA teacher at Building 21 Philadelphia, I joined forces with our school’s African American history teacher, Jared McElroy, to teach a year-long interdisciplinary…
Our curriculum work begins with our Self-Portrait of a Building 21 Graduate - an overview of the competencies, skills, and character traits our graduates will have as they begin their…
Franklin County Public Schools is located in Rocky Mount, Virgina. It serves 6,320 students in 15 schools throughout the school district. FCPS has a mission to create, promote, and support…
“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, founding humanities educator at Building 21 Allentown, is deeply committed to designing authentic studio experiences that allow her students to feel empowered to take action in their communities.…
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…