Thomas Middle School’s Kirr tried to inspire students ... The video inspired Izzy Kurbat’s genius-hour project: drawing pictures 50 days in a row based on a list of themes she brainstormed ...

When they have the voice and choice for a project, they buy into it so much more.” Smith, who teaches at William Monroe Middle School in Stanardsville, Va., said genius hour has encouraged ...

As long as it’s fiscally feasible and safe, a Genius Hour topic rarely gets turned down. In fact, some projects that seem too expensive ... Jen Schneider is a middle school Language Arts teacher in ...

Imagine being assigned a project at school with but one prerequisite: You must feel unequivocally,unrelentingly passionate about the subject at hand. That’s the idea behind “Genius Hour,” a ...

When Elizabeth Blye became the librarian at Anne M. Dorner Middle School in Ossining, N.Y. she knew she would ditch her long-serving predecessor’s devotion to the Dewey decimal system and ...