Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the
Authentic Education Team

Since its founding in 2002 by the late Grant Wiggins, co-author of the Understanding by Design® […]
In my last post, I talked about my journey to understanding how language instruction fits into […]
It is another day of professional learning. I enter the library with low expectations that, as […]
EdWeek’s “The Teaching Profession in 2022 (in Charts)” article by Madeline Will explored the challenges that […]
I take pride in being a lifelong learner. I am always seeking to grow and learn […]
Another message popped up in my inbox asking, in what I imagine to be an alarmed […]
A blog series exploring how AI chatbots are reshaping learning and what we can do about […]
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 […]