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Snapshots of Innovation: Travels With Chen (After Steinbeck's Travels with Charley)
Milton ChenNovember 3, 2010
Tags Accountability, Achievement Gap, Comprehensive Assessment, Curriculum, Environmental Education, Expeditionary Learning, Field Trips, Formative Assessment, Integrated Studies, Place-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, Technology Integration, Travel, Drama, All Grades, English Language Arts, Geography, History, Science, Visual Arts

One of my favorite books in high school was John Steinbeck's Travels With Charley, his account of his road trip around the U. S., late in his career, accompanied only by his French poodle Charley. Not having traveled much as a boy beyond my home state of Illinois, into Wisconsin and Indiana, I was mesmerized by his stories of the vastness and diversity of our country.

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