Todd Stanley

Todd Stanley is the author of several education books including Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students and Performance-Based Assessment for 21st-Century Skills, both for Prufrock Press.

Additionally, he wrote a series of workbooks for them entitled 10 Performance-Based Projects for the ELA/Math/Science Classroom. He wrote Creating Life-Long Learners with Corwin Press and is a regular contributor of blogs to Corwin Connect which can be accessed at https://corwin-connect.com/author/toddstanley/.

Stop Putting Students in Grades by Age

For better or worse, in the United States and most countries for that matter, when students turn a certain age,…

3 years ago

Student Motivation: We Should Stop Giving Grades

Motivation comes from one of two places. There is intrinsic, which comes from the self. This essentially means you do…

3 years ago

Not All Students Can Be Renaissance Learners

When you were a child, did you ever play school with a friend or sibling? If you didn’t, it usually…

3 years ago

It’s Tough to Be a Teacher in Today’s Political Climate

I am in my 25th year in education, and I can say, without any compunction, that it is more difficult…

3 years ago

The Reason Why Teachers Don’t Do Innovative Teaching Methods

Why don’t teachers use innovative teaching methods? I listened to a recent podcast with educational thought-leader Tony Wagner. He talked…

3 years ago

Teaching Pedagogy Reflected in a Game of Kickball

After three grueling days it had come down to this- a unique teaching pedagogy I noticed in a game of…

4 years ago