Once convinced of the merits of the applied - learning approach, most teachers face two pressing issues before they can start: where to find good ideas for projects and how to fit projects into an already crowded curriculum. (edutopia.org)
In crowded curriculums this is always tricky, but with a combination of staff from different subject areas (drama, English, history, etc), a couple of periods a week on oracy leads to a brilliant practice. (edutopia.org)
Fractions have long been one of the hardest concepts for students to understand, and so the CCSS do not just add an additional requirement into the already crowded curriculum. (aaeteachers.org)