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Bringing Climate Education to Life: The Power of the Understanding Global Change Framework

March 20, 2023

What happens when a group of passionate educators, university partners, informal educators, and scientific researchers get together? They create meaningful projects and connections by bringing climate change education to life for their students. At the Climate Champions Design Summit, a group of dedicated K-12 educators, university partners, informal educators, and scientific researchers, engaged in phenomena…
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We Belong in STEM

April 22, 2023

Mayor Todd Gloria signaled April 18th as “You Belong in STEM Day” in San Diego. To kick off the new federal initiative, Deputy Superintendent Cindy Marten visited Nipaquay Elementary, to see belonging in action. STEAM at San Diego Unified started under Marten’s leadership as Superintendent. Since she started the STEAM initiative over 5 years ago,…
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Stanford University d.school Masters of Creativity panel

To Create is to Liberate

January 30, 2022

As we continue to endure the ebb and flow of a crippling pandemic, I was given the opportunity to “freedom dream”, in the words of Bettina Love, around the topic of liberation and creativity. As part of the Stanford d.school Masters of Creativity series, I had the pleasure to be a panelist with my friends…
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AquaOptimism is the Wave of the Future

November 14, 2021

AquaOptimism™ blends STEM curricular design, innovative learning, and TMA Foundation’s vision for a sustainable Blue Future, giving students the tools they need to create, innovate, and lead. I had the extreme pleasure to collaborate on and co-develop the TK-12 AquaOptimism™ modules with a short list of amazing TK-12 educators. This curriculum is a call to…
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Reflecting on Engineering a Mindset

August 29, 2021

As we head into a new school year, I wish everyone a safe and happy return to the classroom. Although we are still in what feels like 2020 all over again with Delta variant cases on the rise, we have a renewed purpose to make school meaningful, inclusive, and responsive to our students’ needs. Today,…
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5 Things I Learned From School Reopening

April 17, 2021

Hello, 2020-2021 school year! I just experienced the first week of school with some of our elementary students since the COVID-19 pandemic…and it’s April. So, how did we get here?

Ready for Anything Virtual Institute

June 22, 2020

I’m excited to join some amazing educators and educational partners for the Ready for Anything Virtual Conference. Come learn from thought leaders about how to promote more equitable learning experiences for students, especially in the time of COVID. I’ll be co-presenting in the breakout session on “Hands on Learning in the Time of Social Distancing”…
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We Need Kid Activists Now More Than Ever

June 12, 2020

Right now, as many of you are grieving and processing and taking some reflective time to look inward and produce outward, I’m digging through some of my own past and hanging on to hope. Looking back at my work as an elementary engineering teacher, I am hopeful for the students I had the privilege to…
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Deeper Learning China 2019

December 18, 2019

Over 300 public, private and charter school teachers representing every province in China, Australia, Colombia, Canada and the US gathered over three days for the inaugural Deeper Learning China (DLC) Conference in Shanghai December 13-15, 2019. Dr. Houbin Fang and the DLC Committee partnered with High Tech High to share deeper learning practices across China.…
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Our STEAM Work Featured in Wired Magazine

August 16, 2019

The STEAM work we are currently doing with San Diego Unified School District was featured today in Wired Magazine! Here are some excerpts from the article. The San Diego Unified School district is a shining example of how progressive thinking can have a long-lasting, positive impact on an educational system—and, in turn, its students. The…
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