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Berit Anderson Jun 17, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>2 reasons Crosscut's staff can't stop smiling</h1>
                <h2><p>There are two reasons the Crosscut staff are grinning ear-to-ear this morning.

1. Sunshine.

2. The programs for the Community Idea Lab just arrived at the office! Aren't they shiny?

How can we make K-12 classrooms more student-focused, individualized and community-rooted?

That’s the question we asked all</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/berit-anderson-crosscut-com/">Berit Anderson</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://www.cascadepbs.org/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/photo-11-e1424811071264.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="photo (1)" loading="lazy" width="225" height="300"></figure><p>There are two reasons the Crosscut staff are grinning ear-to-ear this morning.</p><p>1. Sunshine.</p><p>2. The programs for the Community Idea Lab just arrived at the office! Aren't they shiny?</p><p><strong>How can we make K-12 classrooms more student-focused, individualized and community-rooted?</strong></p><p>That’s the question we asked all of you this winter as part of the Community Idea Lab, a new kind of community problem-solving journalism invented by Crosscut last spring. More than 70 of you submitted ideas.</p><p>Tonight, our five finalists will pitch their ideas to the audience at MOHAI. <a href="http://crosscut.com/2015/02/community-idea-lab-final-five/?ref=cascadepbs.org">Learn more about the finalists and their ideas here.</a></p><p>David Harris, the winner of our first Community Idea Lab, will MC and our killer panel of judges, including Lyon Terry, Washington’s 2015 Teacher of the Year; Elham Kazemi, UW Geda and Phil Condit Professor in Science &amp; Math Education; Kim Mead, President of the Washington Education Association; and Chirag Vedullapalli, an 8th Grade Student at Chief Kanim Middle School, will give feedback on each idea.</p><p>Then the audience will vote on the winner. We hope you're one of them.</p><p>There's just <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-idea-lab-tickets-15148796458?ref=cascadepbs.org">one hour left to buy your tickets, </a>so don't delay!</p>
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There are two reasons the Crosscut staff are grinning ear-to-ear this morning.

1. Sunshine.

2. The programs for the Community Idea Lab just arrived at the office! Aren't they shiny?

How can we make K-12 classrooms more student-focused, individualized and community-rooted?

That’s the question we asked all of you this winter as part of the Community Idea Lab, a new kind of community problem-solving journalism invented by Crosscut last spring. More than 70 of you submitted ideas.

Tonight, our five finalists will pitch their ideas to the audience at MOHAI. Learn more about the finalists and their ideas here.

David Harris, the winner of our first Community Idea Lab, will MC and our killer panel of judges, including Lyon Terry, Washington’s 2015 Teacher of the Year; Elham Kazemi, UW Geda and Phil Condit Professor in Science & Math Education; Kim Mead, President of the Washington Education Association; and Chirag Vedullapalli, an 8th Grade Student at Chief Kanim Middle School, will give feedback on each idea.

Then the audience will vote on the winner. We hope you're one of them.

There's just one hour left to buy your tickets, so don't delay!

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Berit Anderson

By Berit Anderson

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’

Berit Anderson was Managing Editor at Crosscut, following tech, culture, media and politics. She founded Crosscut's Community Idea Lab.   Previously community manager of the Tribune Company’