There’s something I’ve noticed over and over again in really good classrooms.

The planning is solid.
The learning targets are clear.
The tasks are th...

One of the things that keeps becoming clearer to me the longer I do this work is how much of giftedness lives outside of what we measure.

We collect ...

Green Flags and Red Flags: How to Read Struggle in Gifted Learners

One of the hardest parts of supporting gifted learners is knowing what to do with ...

When we talk about or think about gifted learners, a lot of us default to the same ideas: neat notebooks, quick work, correct answers, polished produc...

Every year around this time, we talk about spreading kindness, joy, and holiday cheer.

But in gifted education, there’s another kind of cheer our lea...

When we give learners choice, time, and true autonomy to explore what they care about, something powerful begins to happen. Gifted behaviors start to ...

One of the things I love most about Genius Hour is the freedom it gives learners to explore their passions. But sometimes, that same freedom can feel ...

Most Genius Hour projects start with excitement — sticky notes of ideas, students buzzing about what they’ll build or research. But a few weeks in, th...

“Gifted learners don’t need more work… they need meaningful work.”

If you’ve ever heard, “They finished early, what should they do next?”, you’re not...

When people talk about Genius Hour, the spotlight usually falls on learners, their freedom to explore, the joy of passion projects, the spark of authe...

Classrooms are full of conversations, but not all conversations are created equal. Too often, we settle for small talk, quick, polite exchanges that s...

Genius Hour can look very different depending on the age and stage of your learners. The beauty of my structure (the 6 Ps of Genius Hour) is that it’s...