Jenny Brundin

Jenny Brundin appears in the following:

Real-World Math: A Bit Of Trig And Hay For The Horses

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Common Core math standards say students need more than a textbook understanding of concepts like the Pythagorean theorem. So two Colorado teachers teamed up for a lesson in real-world math.

Comment

Concerned About AP Curriculum, School Board Creates 'Review Committee'

Friday, October 03, 2014

For two weeks, Colorado high school students protested a proposal that the AP history course promote patriotism. The school board dropped some of the language, but voted to review the curriculum.

Comment

Colorado Law Helps Remedial College Students Be Successful

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Each year, 1.7 million students are told they're not ready for college. States are mobilizing to fix the remedial system. Colorado's efforts to help students are showing promising results.

Comment

'I Have A Dream' Still Resonates With Today's Teens

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King Jr. unleashed a powerful and poetic torrent upon the nation — a passionate plea for racial equality and economic justice for African Americans.

Fifty years later, the “I Have a Dream” speech still resonates with a group of teenagers at William ...

Comment

Jazz In The Cafeteria: Kids Learn To Listen While They Chomp

Sunday, April 14, 2013

School lunch is often synonymous with loud noise. Studies have shown the decibel level in some cafeterias is as high as a lawn mower.

Every so often, though, students at Alice Terry Elementary School, southwest of Denver, are asked not to make any noise.

When the music teacher told ...

Comment

Sun Tunnels

Saturday, April 24, 2004

Going west has always meant reinventing yourself, and building something new.  In the 1960s, a group of New York sculptors decided they'd build their work right into and out of the deserts and mountains of the West. It can be hard to go see these Earthwork sculptures — tucked away ...

Comment