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May 10, 20225 min read

Lessons on Deeper Learning: A Maternity Leave Reflection

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child to...

May 5, 20224 min read

Celebrate Learning!

In the 1960s, World of Inquiry School #58 opened as a progressive, inquiry-based school in the Rochester City School District, and for...

Apr 17, 20223 min read

Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are

There is a story about a western anthropologist who interacted with a group of children in South Africa. He placed a basket of sweet...

Apr 12, 20224 min read

Lessons Learned 5: What I Learned About Learning in Grades 5-7 (5/5)

Editor’s note: This is the last post of Trent DeJong’s series “Lessons Learned.” Check out “4 Phases of Teaching,” “What I Learned About...

Apr 5, 20223 min read

Lessons Learned 4: What I Learned About Learning: Whales (4/5)

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in Trent DeJong’s series “Lessons Learned.” Check out the first three posts, “4 Phases of Teaching,”...

Apr 3, 20222 min read

Are You a Seeker/Explorer?

This article was previously published in the CACE Blog on March 29, 2022. On March 7 and 8, an intrepid band of seeker/explorers met in...

Mar 31, 20224 min read

Deeper Play

Play is the highest form of research. Albert Einstein I love when I am invited into schools to do model lessons. I might demonstrate a...

Mar 29, 20225 min read

Lessons Learned 3: What I Learned About Learning in Grades 3 and 4 (3/5)

Editor’s note: This is the third in Trent DeJong’s series “Lessons Learned.” Check out the first two posts “4 Phases of Teaching,” and...

Mar 22, 20225 min read

Lessons Learned 2: What I Learned About Learning in K-2 (2/5)

Editor’s note: This is the second in Trent DeJong’s series “Lessons Learned.” Check out the first post “4 Phases of Teaching” and stay...

Feb 22, 20221 min read

High quality student work: Shaping self and forming the world

Within the Christian Deeper Learning framework of Teaching for Transformation, teachers root their learning within God’s story (See the...

Feb 15, 20226 min read

Love, Engagement, and…… Data?

An earlier version of this article was published in the winter of 2017. In October 2016, we were honoured to welcome Steven and Joanna...

Nov 21, 20213 min read

What If Assessment Was A Gift?

This article was originally published on the CACE Blog on July 11, 2018. Each fall when I teach a graduate course in assessment, I begin...