Second Faculty Group Completes Teaching for Understanding Course

For the second year in a row, five University High School teachers are completing the online Teaching for Understanding through Project Zero and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Global Symposium Sparks Ideas in International Programs Director

From communicating with birth families to involving international students in a school’s cultural training, Director of International Programs Shannon Swann left the 2018 TABS/NAIS Global Symposium with dozens of ideas.

National Art Convention Introduces Teachers to New Mediums

Art instructors Meredith Van Rooy and Jamie Owens were lucky to have tangible takeaways — cyanotype printing materials — from the 2018 National Art Education Association Conference in addition to all they learned.

Where Does Deep Understanding Come From?

Social Studies Conference Supports Bringing Current Events into the Classroom

History instructor Jake Thurman attended the 97th Annual Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies last month in San Francisco. Read more about the sessions he attended and what he’s bringing back to UHS.

Faculty Present Sessions at 2017 ISACS Annual Conference

The innovations of January Term. Games in the math classroom. Standards-based learning. These were the focus of three sessions led by University High School faculty at the 2017 ISACS Annual Conference. View photos and videos from the sessions.