Tess Gann, Author at Center for Inspired Teaching

The State of Education: Inspired Teaching’s Remarks at the American News Women’s Club

This piece by Founder and President Aleta Margolis features updated remarks from the American News Women’s Club “State of Education” panel discussion on October 4, 2017. On a panel at the American News Women’s Club, I shared three headlines from the...

Teacher Feature – Ms. Chapman

September 25, 2017 Inspired Teaching spoke with Fellow Richelle Chapman (’15) this September to learn about how she begins the school year an Inspired Teacher and 3rd grade teacher at Else Whitlow Stokes PCS. What is the thing you look forward to most about starting a...

Teacher Feature – Ms. Odom

September 22, 2017 This Fall, Inspired Teaching spoke with Inspired Teacher Leader Patricia Odom (’14) about how she establishes school-wide norms as an Inspired Teacher in her role as an Assistant Principal at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, DC’s only...

Back-to-School Changemaking

The back to school season is an ideal time to talk about changemaking. Students and teachers return to school with energy, excitement, and optimism. Only a week before before sending my own kids back to school, I participated in an Education Teach-In at Politics and...

Inspired Teaching at Education Teach In at Politics and Prose

What is the biggest challenge facing our education system today? At the Education Teach In at Politics and Prose this August, Executive Director Jane Dimyan Ehrenfeld wrestled with this complex and urgent question alongside David Osborne and Dawn Williams, moderated...