We believe that better learning begins with understanding.

We are Authentic Education.

We believe that better learning begins with understanding.

We are Authentic Education.

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Learn more about the Understanding by Design®  framework, co-authored by Grant Wiggins, the founder of AE.

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Authentic Education Blog

Check out posts from Mike Matthews, the late Grant Wiggins, and other members of the AE Team.

Powerful Ways to Simplify Your Teaching Life

Letting go of activities in the classroom to simplify your teaching life is hard and it’s essential for growth, making space for new things, & to avoid burnout.
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Why Lunch is So Popular & Making It Count with the UbD Model

How can we, as educators, “UbD” lunch? Social connections are integral to development and a huge part of the learning that takes place within the school day.
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Break Free: Bidding Farewell to Nightly Worksheets with the UbD Model

Despite questions on homework 1 thing is certain: it must be structured with the same intention as classroom learning (in our case, UbD) if it's to be of value.
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Commit to Backwards-Planning New Year’s Resolutions

Resolutions provide a perfect model to bring reflection into the classroom through the backwards-planning framework of Understanding by Design (UbD).
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Authentic Education, founded by the late Grant Wiggins, co-author of the Understanding by Design Framework, is proud to support the national conferences put on by the National Association of Independent Schools.