Press Kit

Welcome to the Center for Inspired Teaching press kit. If you don't find the information you need here, please do not hesitate to contact Jenna Fournel, our director of communications and outreach at 202.462.1956 with questions.

Inspired Teaching at a Glance:

Mission
Center for Inspired Teaching exists to ensure schools make the most of students' innate desire to learn. We do this by investing in teachers from recruitment to retirement, equipping them with the skills necessary to be excellent instructors and with the strategies to be agents of change in their own classrooms and beyond.

Vision
We are working towards the day when every child has an Inspired Teacher.

Location: 1436 U St., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009

Leadership

Aleta Margolis, Executive Director

Media Contact
Jenna Fournel
jenna@inspiredteaching.org
202.462.1956

Contact Us!

Photos from our programs:

Teachers in the Inspired Teaching Institute

A student shares her writing during a Literacy Celebration.

upcoming events:

You are welcome to visit any of the posted events to meet our teachers and learn more about what we do. Please call us if you plan to stop by so we can look forward to meeting you!

• Inspired Teaching Institute July 19-30th, 2010
  
• Inspired Teachers' Symposium June 9, 2010 6 to 8 pm
• Inspired Teaching Alumni Conference August 13 & 14th 2010
  
  

Press Coverage:

• What makes a teacher great? (School reformers, take note.) by, Marc Fisher, Article in The Washington Post: March 28, 2010
  
  
• Inspiring Students to Learn
  by, Ann Geracimos
  Article in The Washington Times: March 3, 2008
  
• Chocolate Fundraiser Aims to Boost Creative Teaching
  by, Victoria Solomon
  Article in The Northwest Current: February 13, 2008 (PDF)
  
• Super Tuesday: Democracy, Education, and the Vote
  by, Aleta Margolis
  Commentary aired on WAMU 88.5: February 5, 2008 (PDF)
  
• Nonprofit Shares Lessons Former Teacher Learned
  by, Jennifer Nycz-Conner
  Article in the Washington Business Journal: February 1, 2008 (PDF)
• Cash Incentives for Students
  Aleta Margolis on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
  Aired on WAMU 88.5: January 28, 2008 (PDF)
• Center Focuses on Teachers, Not Test Scores
  by, Valerie Strauss
  Article in The Washington Post: September 10, 2007
• Labor Day Reflection on the Work of the Teacher
  by Aleta Margolis
  Commentary aired on WAMU 88.5: September 3, 2007 PDF
  
• Let Teachers Use Their Minds
  by Aleta Margolis
  Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post: July 7, 2007 PDF
• Public Schools Should Be More Like Public Radio
  by Aleta Margolis
  Commentary aired on WAMU 88.5: May 30, 2007 PDF
• Women to Watch: Aleta Margolis
  by Kim Forrest
  Article in the Washingtonian Magazine: June, 2006 PDF