Imagine a school day in which students spend a chunk of time studying and pursuing a topic or project they’re passionate about. That’s the premise of “genius hour,” a growing trend in which teachers ...

“It bothers me that I am not learning things in school that will help me become what I want to be.” This is the most sobering and common response to one of three questions I ask my students before we ...

This article is part of the collection: What Personalized Learning Looks Like Across the Country: The 2017 Fifty States Project. When it comes to personalized learning in the classroom, no single ...

Personalised learning is the latest of trends in the global education industry, including the UAE. Educators are willing to allow students to focus on their passionate projects for at least an hour on ...

Genius Hour isn’t new concept. Many teachers and businesses have been doing this for a while. Companies like HP and Google started “20 Time” so their staff could pursue passions projects and make ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: How can I implement a “Genius Hour” with my students? Much lip service is given to the ideas of student choice, project- and problem-based learning, and intrinsic ...

What are you passionate about? What do you want to do more than anything in the world? Well I hope you said what you are doing right now. This is not always the case. Some people hate what they are ...