Ever fill a high school cafeteria on a beautiful Saturday morning with 5th graders looking forward to 4 hours of math? The Ingenuity Project in Baltimore, Maryland did. The genius was to use Mathopoly and math competitions to challenge the … Continued
“I don’t think it will work”. was neatly printed across the answer box, under the word, hypothesis. I looked up from her worksheet, bent my eyebrows into a question mark and punctuated it with a “huh?” The student shrugged a … Continued
The experiment we are running in most science classes is whether students can learn science without doing science. And this experiment is failing our students. Yes, you can get students to memorize the periodic table and fill in the bubbles … Continued
Cool Green Schools runs the Experiment You project to help students study and improve their health and learning. America has been running the Experiment US project since 1776, offering citizens the right to study their choices and choose a path … Continued
You get what you measure. When schools measure their success by the answers on test results, the importance of other factors, like physical, social, and emotional health can be left out of the equation. … Continued
How schools can improve the health of students and their communities The 2017 Neighborhood Health Report by the Baltimore City Health Department is hard to read. … Continued
Two months ago, Baltimore City removed four Confederate statues from their pedestals. … Continued