Suzie Boss is a member of the Buck Institute for
Education's National Faculty. She is a writer and educational
consultant who focuses on the power of teaching and learning to
improve lives and transform communities. She is the author or
coauthor of several books on education and innovation, including
Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning, Real-World
Projects, Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to
Thrive in a Changing World, and Reinventing Project Based Learning:
Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age. She is
a regular contributor to Edutopia. She collaborated with
award-winning Stephen Ritz to tell his inspiring story in The Power
of a Plant. Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications,
including Educational Leadership, Principal Leadership, The New
York Times, Education Week, and Huffington Post. She is a frequent
conference presenter and consults internationally with schools
interested in shifting from traditional instruction to
technology-rich, Project Based Learning.
John Larmer is editor in chief at the Buck
Institute for Education. He authored and/or edited BIE's project
based curriculum units for high school government and economics and
was a contributing author of the Project Based Learning Handbook.
He is coauthor on Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning,
and he is a writer and editor of BIE's PBL Toolkit Series,
including the PBL Starter Kit for Middle and High School Teachers,
PBL in the Elementary Grades, and PBL for 21st Century Success:
Teaching Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication, and
Creativity. He codevelops professional development workshops and
materials for teachers, including 21st century skills rubrics and
project exemplars. John presents at conferences and has consulted
on PBL curriculum development for the National Academy Foundation,
the Oracle Education Foundation, and Pearson Education.
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