Enabling Amazing: Learning Anatomy at Age Six, a Multi-Level Learning Experience
At EISB, we often talk about Enabling Amazing. Sometimes that phrase sounds like a slogan. Sometimes it sounds like an
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New to Teaching Towards Tomorrow? These are the posts our teachers return to most: real lessons, units and reflections that show the four skills (learning how to learn, think, reason and communicate) at work in the classroom. Each one is written by an EISB teacher about something they actually tried. Start anywhere, steal freely
AP Language and Composition: How to Build a Strong Synthesis Essay
The AP Lang synthesis essay is not a summary task. Learn how to read the source packet as a conversation, build a defensible thesis, and use evidence to support your own argument.
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When Learning Doesn’t Stick — Part 2: Knowing vs. Recognizing: Why Some Learning Fades
In Part 1 of this series, we explored a common frustration for teachers and parents: students sometimes return to school
Read MoreHow Does Science Work? TOK Students Explore the Nature of Scientific Knowledge
One of the central goals of modern education is helping students learn how to think, not just what to think.
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When Learning Doesn’t Stick – and How Deeper Learning Prevents It. Part 1: Why Students Forget
It happens to all of us. You walk into a room and forget why you went there. You meet someone
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AP Lang Students Turn Argument Errors into Teaching Tools
AP Language and Composition students turned common argument mistakes into a teaching tool by creating videos on weak claims, poor evidence, logical fallacies, and disorganized reasoning.
Read MoreFrom Theory to Reality: How a School Marketing Challenge Teaches Strategy
Every year, students learn the 7 Ps of marketing. Every year, many of them forget them just as quickly. Not
Read MoreThinking Critically in a World of Global Politics
It is easy to feel overwhelmed by political news these days. Headlines travel at lightning speed, and a single post,
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Using Multisensory Strategies to Enhance Vocabulary and Auditory Processing in the Classroom
As an international teacher, I often collaborate with colleagues across grade levels to support diverse learning needs. Recently, we explored
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Learning by playing and designing: How PYP Spanish students have approach this challenge
In the realm of language acquisition, fostering engagement and enthusiasm among students is paramount to achieving proficiency. Recognizing this, a
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