Overview

Gender

female

Esther Wojcicki has been a Journalism/English teacher at Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA for the past 27 years where she built the journalism program from a small group of 20 students in 1985 to the largest high school journalism program in the nation winning major national and international recognition. Her program is an example of the effectiveness of Project Based Learning and using journalism as tool to get students engaged in critical thinking skills, writing skills, and Web 2.0 skills. She is working to help other schools adopt similiar programs.