The Student-Centered Shift: Empowered International Schools and Classrooms Through Project-Based Learning

What if you didn’t have to manage every student project—but guided students to lead their own?

Too often, teachers in project-based learning feel like they have to run the show—juggling endless quest…

If you've ever watched our students struggle with real-world problem-solving, you're not al…

What if assessment wasn’t just about measuring learning—but actually deepened it?

Traditional assessment often fails because it's something done to students rather than with them; leading to disengag…

Does Project-Based Learning Feel Overwhelming? AI Might Be the Key to Making It Work.

For busy educators like us, it's been a struggle to effectively implement project-based learning (PBL) while bala…

🎙️ What if your students didn’t just study academic standards—but took ownership of teaching them to peers?

Too often, students see academic standards as something to memorize and repeat. But what if…

🎙️ Is “letting go” the secret to student empowerment?

For years, teachers have been told that structure, control, and direct instruction drive student success. But what if the opposite were true?

In …

Is your classroom setup holding your international learners back?

Traditional, teacher-centered layouts often stifle the creativity, collaboration, and cultural inclusivity needed for students to thr…

What do you think of when you hear the term 'learner agency?' You might envisage students having some "voice" and "choice" around what they learn, or where they sit in class.  And while that's a ni…

Do you still set New Year’s Resolutions?

I used to—until I realized I broke nearly all of them by February. And I’m not alone. Research shows that 88% of people abandon their resolutions within the f…

"Feeling Overwhelmed by Running Your First Project with Learners?" 🎙️

You aren't alone. 

Moving from a teacher-centered to student-led environment takes a lot of courage.

Bu what if all it required w…

How do you develop a student-centered secondary classroom with a packed curriculum, strict assessment guidelines, and an exam based culture? 

This is the dilemma Gisou Ravanbaksh faced when wanting t…

What happens to the classroom environment when you give students a real problem to address?

That's what Dave Strudwick, former Teacher/Principal of Real School Budapest was wondering when he asked ye…

What learning opportunities exist beyond our classroom doors? 

That's the question that led school founder and student-centered educator Dr. Jane Shore on a community mapping expedition with her high…

What do grades tell students about their learning? Are they even helpful? 

Even though evidence suggests grades are a poor motivator for student learning, we still use them in our classrooms to evalu…

With AI able to fill out worksheets, write five paragraph essays, craft short stories, or pen reports in seconds, the impetus for inspiring original, real-world work couldn't be greater. 

How as stud…

What happens to student empowerment when we move from the the front of the classroom to a gentle facilitator on the side? 

We get more self-directed learners.

More student voice, opinions, and ideas.…

If I walked into your classroom, would I find students seated neatly in rows facing the front, or in small interdependent table teams? 

One of the best ways to shift from a teacher-led to a student-c…

In a world with advancing AI, personalized chatbots, and ready made content at student's fingerprints, how do we engage them in work that they find personally meaningful?

This short episode helps unp…

What happens when we allow learning to move outside the siloes of our classrooms? 

In this episode, through a real case study, we learn how to design empowering, trans-disciplinary experiences with t…

What happens when we lead learning with big questions, rather than mandated curriculum content? 

Four year 7 teachers across 3 different subjects wanted to find out. 

Over a seven week unit, they dev…