During the 2012–13 school year, a cohort of
administrators and teachers at Abraham Lincoln
High School rallied behind the concept of projectbased
learning and inspired a spirit of change.
The cohort championing project-based learning,
called the redesign team, observed schools that had
adopted the approach and noted that interdisciplinary
instruction appealed to a greater diversity
of learners through its student-centered approach.
Biology teacher Catherine Handschuh reflected,
“Projects enable students to think critically and be
creative while working with their peers in a safe
and positive environment. I wish I’d been using this
approach all along