Lecture and Booksigning: Bob Lenz on Transforming Schools

Bob Lenz was the featured speaker for a lecture and signing of his new book, Transforming Schools Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards, co-authored with Justin Wells and Sally Kingston (Jossey-Bass, 2015). The book draws on the example of the Envision Education schools, as well as other leading schools around the country, to show how the concept of deeper learning can meet the need for students who are both college and career ready and engaged in their own education.

Bob Lenz is Co-Founder & Chief of Innovation for Envision Education. He is a nationally recognized leader in high school redesign, deeper learning, project-based learning, 21st century skills education, and performance assessment. Since Envision opened its first school in 2002, Bob has led the organization’s expansion to operating three high-performing schools in the Bay Area and training other educators in the Envision model through Envision Learning Partners. Today, more than 90% of Envision Schools graduates go to college, compared to just 40% of all California high school graduates; the college persistence rate for Envision students is 85%, compared to 60% nationwide. As Envision’s Chief of Innovation, Bob works to bring the Envision model to schools across the country, and to guide the national conversation on school reform and student success. Read full bio.

What Reviewers Are Saying

"During the past decade, while much of our educational system has been wringing its hands about the policies and politics of our schools, Bob Lenz and his colleagues, Justin Wells and Sally Kingston, have been rolling up their sleeves and courageously reinventing high schools for urban youth. The result is Transforming Schools, which practices what it preaches about deeper learning. . . . This book helps all of us 'envision' a brighter future for our students through the power of project-based learning and performance assessments."

—Milton Chen, Senior Fellow & Executive Director, Emeritus, The George Lucas Educational Foundation

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