Miranda Brown, Author at Center for Inspired Teaching

Inspired Teaching’s Jessica Hiltabidel talks STEAM on CCTV America

May 5, 2015 On May 1, Center for Inspired Teaching’s Jessica Hiltabidel spoke on CCTV America about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) education and the critical importance of building students’ creativity and independent...

Real World History students compete at National History Day, win group documentary

May 4, 2015 (Photos: Kien Nguyen/Center for Inspired Teaching) On April 30, Real World History students competed in DC’s 2015 National History Day competition, held at the National Archives. Two Real World History students – Kellie, a senior at Cesar...

Playing with Brilliance

May 4, 2015 (Photo: Sammy Magnuson/Center for Inspired Teaching) This piece was written by Zia Hassan, a 2013 Inspired Teaching Fellow and third grade teacher at Truesdell Education Campus, a DC Public School. Zia and his class were recently featured in a short film...

What I Learned from Playground Tag

May 1, 2015 (Photo: Center for Inspired Teaching) This piece was written by Kien Nguyen, Inspired Teaching’s Development and Communications Intern. I grew up and went to school in a small city just 35 miles outside Hanoi, Vietnam. In elementary school, my day was...

Center for Inspired Teaching awarded Good Neighbor grant from Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

April 23, 2015 (Photo: Center for Inspired Teaching) Center for Inspired Teaching announced today that it has been awarded a Good Neighbor grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in support of the Inspired Teacher Certification Program and its inquiry-based summer...