By: Lisa Wyatt

As a gardener, I can tell you that staying at the surface of things doesn’t serve our plants well, and the same of our children. Students at Miami Junior High are getting the chance to grow deep roots.

By: Lisa Wyatt

MLFTC teacher candidates in the Washington Elementary School District created change this semester.

By: Christina Ngo

In December, two new Design Fellows joined our team. We are excited to welcome them to the team and leverage their unique talents. Keep reading to learning a little bit

By: Claire Gilbert

Our latest Cross-Staff design session was held last Friday, and two teams (the Communication, Collaboration and Climate (CCC) group and the Onboarding and Organizational Growth (O and OG) group) shared what they’ve discovered over the past few weeks.

By: Christina Ngo

The Design Initiatives team wouldn’t be the Design Initiatives team if we didn’t also prototype on ourselves, and test new ways of doing the work we do.

By: Lisa Wyatt

As part of a semester-long pilot program, ASU teacher candidates in the Washington district are using design thinking to address school challenges.

By: Punya Mishra

I had posted earlier about the work our Design Initiatives team is involved with at Miami Junior-Senior High School. Essentially the entire faculty and leadership at the school have taken on the challenge of re-imagining the 7/8 curriculum through an integrated historical lens.

By: Punya Mishra

I have been at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College for two years now (actually two years and a month, but who is counting). In many ways this has been an incredible two years, a period of personal and professional growth and an opportunity to truly engage with some of most difficult and challenging issues facing education today.

By: Lisa Wyatt

Asking people to build index card towers tells you a lot about them.

By: Christina Ngo

#OofSI’s Design Initiatives team hosted a group of MLFTC staff on the Polytechnic Campus for a workshop around the design process.

By: Lisa Wyatt

When MLFTC teacher candidates (a.k.a. student teachers) in Washington Elementary District came together on July 27, they were wide-eyed and unsure. What is design thinking, I could read their eyes saying, and why are we doing this?

By: Christina Ngo

Where there’s a will (to be wild), there’s a way.

By: Jennifer Stein

three new staff members joined the Design Initiatives team: Claire Gilbert as Multimedia Specialist, and Christina Ngo and Lisa Wyatt, both as Design Strategists.

By: Punya Mishra

I just got back from a lovely few days in Bangalore. I was there to participate in the Quest 2 Learn Annual Summit organized by the  Quest Alliance.

By: Punya Mishra

One of the most exciting parts of my job are the cool people I get to meet. Glen Lineberry is one of them. Glen is Principal at Miami Junior-Senior High School.