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Authentic Education Team

Merely the word “assessment” can inspire a wave of dread in students and, if we’re being […]
When designing curricula using the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework, I constantly revisit how academic learning […]
EdWeek’s “The Teaching Profession in 2022 (in Charts)” article by Madeline Will explored the challenges that […]
In my last two posts, I explored examples of Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions (EUs and […]
Before I started planning math units using the Understanding by Design framework, I frequently found myself […]
As I entered the bright, beautiful classroom my first year of teaching, the first thing that […]