Ideas, insights, and inspiration from the
Authentic Education Team

A curriculum review is illuminating and well worth the time. What we do with that information can have a huge impact on student learning and outcomes.
Sample UbD Units That Empower Learners and Promote Equity. All backwards designed with inclusivity, equity, & belonging front of mind.
Register now to expand your thinking about best practices for including underrepresented voices, untold stories, and broader perspectives into your curriculum.
AE delivers engaging, consequential, and enriching professional development for educators & we are excited to announce our Summer 2025 PD series.
Despite questions on homework 1 thing is certain: it must be structured with the same intention as classroom learning (in our case, UbD) if it's to be of value.
Resolutions provide a perfect model to bring reflection into the classroom through the backwards-planning framework of Understanding by Design (UbD).
Supporting exploration and knowledge building rather than rushing to adopt a new curriculum is leading to better results for students.
Materials, resources, tools & training providing effective, research-based instruction to develop all aspects of literacy for many kinds of students.
Let’s dive deeper into how to look critically at our curriculum in order to cultivate a more flexible, thoughtful and inclusive approach to teaching reading.
Unpacking world language standards into what we want our students to KNOW (knowledge) and be able to DO (skills) narrows our focus.