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Our Students Need to Belong

Blog, Classroom Culture, Differentiation, Educator Insights, Homeschooling, Podcast, Project-Based Learning, The Teacher's Lounge | March 7, 2024

Lara Aston, founder and leader of the Book Hooks Schoolhouse in Houston, Texas, joins the Teachers’ Lounge podcast today to share an inspiring story and an aspirational approach to education. Lara’s background is in special education and preschool...

How Students Used Math to Help Austin’s Homeless Population

Blog, Curriculum Design, Educator Insights, Project-Based Learning, School Mission, Service Learning | February 24, 2023

Prior to starting the school year in 2019, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I could help my students make meaningful connections to real world applications of math, while also building empathy. Implementing a project of this sort does not always lend itself to...

How Can PBL Advance the Goals of the Faith-Based School? Dr. Josh Ornelas

Blog, Podcast, Project-Based Learning, Resources, Rigor and Relevance, The Teacher's Lounge | July 20, 2022

“At the end of the day, we all work in groups. Now we’re not in cubicles anymore; we work as a team. [No] single problem is solved by a single discipline anymore. And so again, we need to work as a team. Those 21st-century skills that the students need: the four...

Hands-On Faith: STEAM Projects in the Religion Classroom

Blog, Faith Learning, Project-Based Learning, STEAM | March 14, 2022

How is a Christian like a pickle? This is the question I use to start off each school year with my seventh graders. At first, the question feels like a joke, but it’s really the start of one of my favorite lessons on faith. When I first started teaching, I was called...