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Kids Teaching Kids: Middle School classrooms come alive when students teach their peers.
By Yvette Jackson, Tyrone Geronimo, and Ahmes Askia
This article explains how engaging students through project-based learning can motivate middle school students by peer teaching and demonstration lesson.

7 Essentials for Project-Based Learning
By John Larmer and John R. Mergendollar
This article explains what every good project needs to bring the learning from teacher given to student driven. It also describes how each project step looks within the classroom walls.

Making Thinking Visible
By Ron Ritchhart and David Perkins
This article shares the principles of the Project Zero's Visible Thinking approach and thinking routines. This approach revels routines to jump starting thinking in schools.

How Flat Is Your Classroom?
By William M. Ferriter
This article challenges teachers to make it a goal for the school year to incorporate more technology and digital tools to connect globally on cooperative projects.