Rocketship Academy in San Jose, CA. October 16, 2013 How does a community who feels (is?) underserved by their local school overcome their challenge and develop a higher quality education for their young children? One option is the Rocketship http://www.rsed.org/...

Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2014 What an exciting and inspiring morning at Los Altos School District.  Alyssa Gallagher, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships arranged for us to spend three hours with Superintendent Jeff Baier, Assistant...

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School  Berkeley, California School Garden #edjourney The Edible Schoolyard Yields Seed-to-Table Learning Read the Article Edutopia.org Video Featuring Martin Luther King Junior Middle School:

On October 15, 2013 our Design39Campus team had the great fortune to tour the Stanford d.School and take a peak inside the design thinking spaces of the school. Having spent the morning at IDEO, we were ready to explore the halls of this famed school.  From the...

Last week the Design39Campus team had the privilege to travel throughout the Bay Area to explore new ideas and possibilities to implement in our new school. As classroom teachers, we rarely are able to attend conferences or collaborate with educators from other...

During our northern California EdJourney, our Design39Campus team was able to visit the progressive, start-up company box. Motion. Laughing. Freedom. Trust. Collaboration. Fun. Food anytime. Mobile furniture. Writeable surfaces. Pride. Celebration. These are are a few...

While participating in a session on changing school at an unconference put on by EdCampSD, a participant shared out that there are certain systems in place in schools that help to make things more efficient. . . There are at least three ways to look at efficiency: the...

On Tuesday morning, we worked with a group of community members to begin thinking about what fitness will look like at Design39Campus.  It is always exciting to meet with people from various backgrounds and experiences.  Each person had a unique experience...

The Design39Campus team recently completed a math MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) titled "How to Learn Math" through Stanford University.  Professor Jo Boaler is a leading researcher and professor of mathematics education.  As a team, we are enthralled with Jo’s...

As a teacher, there is nothing harder than hearing a student say, "I'm not a writer," or "I'm not good at math."  The reality is that every student can do math, or write, or read, or do anything.  The message students should be hearing is, "you can't do...