Solve the Real Problem in Your Classroom

She had never been in a fight before. But as a result of her fight with another student, a fifteen-year-old, we’ll call Crystal, managed to get herself suspended from school. And not just suspended for a week. Crystal’s suspension was for two months. Enter Kelly Heinze, an eighth-grade teaching assistant at Crystal’s school. Kelly’s job […]

Asking the “Why” in the Arts

When a student is working on a math problem, we always implore them to show their work. There are many reasons why we do this: To know what they were thinking To understand the process they were going through To know how they arrived at this product And yet, when a student creates a piece […]