And my student’s blog post — Better Booch Kombucha
In my AP Macroeconomics course this past semester, I challenged my students.
“Assume,” I said, “that you been hired as a ‘social media product influencer’ to favorably blog about a product of your choosing.”
One of my students, Conner S., readily…
The story of the Donner Pass Tunnels is one of the great stories of American history. It’s also one of the least known.
Below, some basic information relating to the tunnels.
And where I stand on the issue
Given that Jason Kurtenbach, my San Marino High School principal, has recently invited the teachers to speak up on the issue of the 2022–23 bell schedule and that this invitation will certainly lead to a discussion relating to “the call for block,” I…
And my student’s blog post — Indonesian Immigrant Gunther Salim’s Successful Flooring Business
In my AP Macroeconomics course this past semester, I challenged my students.
“Assume,” I said, “that you been hired by the Immigrant Biz website to write a blog post describing an immigrant’s successful small business.”
One of…
And my students’ AP Daily resemblance videos — Topics 1.3 and 2.7
In my Macroeconomics course this past semester, I challenged my students.
“Assume,” I said, “that you been hired by College Board to produce a Macroeconomics AP Daily resemblance video, with this video to correspond in appearance or qualities…
And my students’ promotional video — Tony’s Pizza
In my AP Macroeconomics course this past semester, I challenged my students.
“Assume,” I said, “that you been hired by a local small business to produce a no more than five-minute Youtube video designed to drive student traffic in the direction of…
And my student’s digitally displayed research paper — The Debate Over President Donald Trump’s Tweets
In my AP US Government and Politics course this past semester, I challenged my students.
“Assume,” I said, “that you been hired by a think tank to research both sides of a political question debated…
And my student’s blog post — The Huntington’s Cafe 1919
In my AP Macroeconomics course this past semester, I challenged my students.
“Assume,” I said, “that you have been hired by the Los Angeles Times to interview the owner of a super cool Los Angeles area small business that the…
For high school leaders contemplating the adoption of some form of block scheduling
Throughout my entire thirty-three-year teaching career, I’ve repeatedly heard the call — the traditional bell schedule, consisting of five-to-eight, 40–55 minute, meeting-daily class periods, should be replaced with a bell schedule consisting of longer class periods that…
