As teachers, we often feel like in order to get kids learning, we need to be driving the work of learning. Passion projects will prove you wrong. When students complete passion projects, they pick the standards they will target. Students design the project. Students decide how they will be graded and design the rubrics, and students—most importantly—do the real work of learning. This spring, I dove into the world of passion projects with my students as part of our independent reading…
