Tikvah Wiener is co-Founder and Director of the I.D.E.A. Schools Network, which helps schools implement project-based learning (PBL). She’s been in Jewish education for over 20 years and is also Chief Academic Officer at Magen David Yeshivah High School in Brooklyn, NY, where she oversees General Studies and works with faculty across disciplines to implement PBL. Tikvah is passionate about making learning relevant and meaningful for students and about igniting their creativity and curiosity. You can learn more about passion-based learning and PBL from Tikvah’s ELI Talk: http://elitalks.org/why-we-need-passion-based-learning-jewish-education. Tikvah lives in Teaneck, NJ, with her husband and three children, but her heart is in California.