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  I really didn’t mean to leave the last blog as a cliffhanger.  But on that note, to pick up the story, we left our hero taking the plunge into

  My name is Susan Smith (yes, that is my witness protection program name), and I teach high school English in the suburbs of Boston, MA.  This year I took

In my previous post, I referred to our first Guided Inquiry unit with 2nd grade, Americans Who Made a Difference. For this post, I will describe the unit in more

When Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS) decided to embrace PBL, we worked with the Buck Institute for Education (www.bie.org) for training and implementation. BIE shows that PBL is a way

For my final blog this week, I would like to discuss the importance of the OPEN phase which is defined by the GID process as: *invitation to inquiry *open minds

So as much as I would love to say all of my GID students’ stories are successful like the one I shared in my last blog post, they aren’t–especially when

Hello from Westborough High School, Westborough, MA!  I want to thank Leslie for continuing to offer such amazing Guided Inquiry Design opportunities like this blog for educators!  I am so

Excellent Educators! We need good news!  Guided Inquiry Design is part of the good in education that is happening across the country in many schools. With GID students K-12 are

The last post of this week is on Library as a safe space in schools. As you know, this week I’m taking a look into the connection between GID and

It is the last day before winter break, and like many of you my brain has been working in overdrive.   However, I know that my final post is probably my