Gene Tavernetti and Glenn Whitman In the fall of 2025, we had the privilege to attend, present, and learn at the researchED Conference (Denver) and 3rd USA Festival of Education
There’s something special that happens when two passionate biology teachers get together to talk about their craft. Zeena Ammar, Ph.D. and Molly Estrada, both educators at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School,
by Dr. Ian Kelleher and Lorraine Martinez Hanley Four weeks ago, the CTTL concluded its 2025 Winter Webinar series, Belonging and the Brain: Creating the Conditions for Student Achievement. Why
In a compelling interview, veteran chemistry and forensics teacher Brittany Shields shares insights into her evolving teaching methods and the innovative ways she brings science to life in the classroom.
By Chuck James, CTTL Design Thinking Research Lead In 2024, when visiting a market in Mexico City, I came across a woman selling ice molds. The ice molds were in
When I started as a Math teacher at St Andrew’s in 2017, there was an established norm that the sixth and seventh-grade students who brought phones to school were not
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School middle school history teacher Dewayne Lawson shares insights from his transformative 20-year teaching journey. This article explores his shift from traditional lecture-based instruction to innovative, student-centered
Written in collaboration with Lorraine Martinez Hanley, Ian Kelleher, and Meg Lee. In 2007, during a strategic planning session at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, we asked ourselves this generative question: