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Using Science and Social Justice to Raise Teaching Practice

2023, Marin County, STE(A)M, Middle School, Funded Projects

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, Sausalito Our project will serve teachers of students in a historically Black, disadvantaged, and low-income community facing severe environmental and social issues. This grant will fund an educational consultant skilled in the...

Our Changing Planet – Community of Practice

Interdisciplinary, Alameda County, 2023, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Maya Lin School, Alameda Wood Middle School, Alameda Island High School, Alameda We want to deepen our understanding of environmental justice, indigenous wisdom and creative practice, to better understand our world, and as educators advocate for just climate...

Building the Structures: Effective and Lasting PBL

Alameda County, 2023, Elementary School, STE(A)M, Middle School, Funded Projects

Lazear Charter Academy, Oakland Our school was slated to be closed by OUSD and families organized to keep the school open as a hub for interdisciplinary arts and science education for the Fruitvale community. Staff, families and students have worked hard to dream up...

Equity Learning Walk

2022, Social & Emotional Learning, Alameda County, Middle School, Funded Projects

Bancroft Middle School, San Leandro This team of middle school teachers will cultivate a transformative learning community committed to anti-racist and inclusive education for all students, staff, and families. In the first year of the grant, they will apply the...

Deeper Learning & Stronger Support for Teachers

2022, Alameda County, Interdisciplinary, Middle School, Funded Projects

The Academy of Alameda, Alameda A team of seasoned teachers plans to foster greater passion and engagement in their classrooms by building a professional learning toolkit around Deeper Learning. By attending conferences and participating in site visits at schools with...

Operation Lesson Study

2022, Sonoma County, STE(A)M, Middle School, High School, Funded Projects

Healdsburg Junior High and High School, Healdsburg This team of middle and high school math teachers will work collaboratively to develop a seamless mathematics education for students as they grow through their community’s two secondary schools. Team members...
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2023

  • Using Science and Social Justice to Raise Teaching Practice
  • The Power of Play
  • Raising a Community of Writers
  • Project Based Geometry and The Trades
  • PBL for Newcomers: Language Development, Engagement and Empowerment
  • Our Changing Planet – Community of Practice
  • Engaging Diverse Youth through Strong Dual Immersion
  • Building the Structures: Effective and Lasting PBL

2022

  • Deeper Learning & Stronger Support for Teachers
  • Differentiation through Student Self-Efficacy
  • Equity Learning Walk
  • Improving Outcomes for Multilingual Scholars through Collective Capacity Building
  • Operation Lesson Study
  • Studying Climate Justice Through Science, Art, and Action!
  • Cultivating Anti-Racist Bilingual Learners Through Service and Action

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