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As the year ends, I am re-posting my five most popular 2011 musings. This one was ranked #4 in page views.
---------------------------------I have been more or less slogging away at the CBL wars for the past few weeks. In some instances, particularly the professional development sessions (PCGs), it has been difficult to gauge how well things have been coming together. So it was really nice today to find signs of success on three fronts:
* For the second consecutive day, staff planning for next year reported on some really interesting CBL projects. In most cases they have moved from broad issues to logistics. For the first time it is obvious that some really cool projects will be rocking the joint next year.
* Today, two "Fight Apathy" teams made presentations to their classmates on solutions for making teenagers care about politics. The presentations were so sharp that the other teams left the room chattering about how they needed an extra meeting or two to raise the bar on their own presos. (Yes!).
* A first AP Gov & Politics team presented to classmates both on their solutions and their panel experience. This was very cool-- students had completely integrated the feedback from the "experts" on their panel into revised solutions. Presenting to the class gave them a formal way of processing and owning the feedback.
This week has suddenly brightened up!
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