Teacher Feature – Ms. Benita Nelson-Tutt

Teacher Feature – Ms. Benita Nelson-Tutt

Teacher Feature – Ms. Benita Nelson-Tutt

April 7, 2016 (Photo credit: Liz Orfaly) This March, Inspired Teaching spoke with Ms. Benita Nelson-Tutt. Now retired, Ms. Nelson-Tutt attended the very first Inspired Teaching Institute in 1996 and spent more than 30 years teaching in DC Public Schools. Inspired...
Teacher Feature – Mr. Abdu’l-Karim Ewing-Boyd

Teacher Feature – Mr. Abdu’l-Karim Ewing-Boyd

March 14, 2016 This March, Inspired Teaching spoke with Mr. Abdu’l-Karim Ewing-Boyd, an alum of the 2006 Inspired Teaching Institute who is now the IB Coordinator at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School. The following is a condensed version of...
Teacher Feature – Mr. Oscar Ramirez

Teacher Feature – Mr. Oscar Ramirez

March 11, 2016 This February, Inspired Teaching spoke with Mr. Oscar Ramirez, an alum of the 2003 Inspired Teaching Institute and a master educator with DC Public Schools (DCPS). The following is a condensed version of this conversation: Inspired Teaching: How did you...
Partner Feature – Professor Amanda Huron

Partner Feature – Professor Amanda Huron

March 11, 2016 (Photo courtesy of Amanda Huron) Center for Inspired Teaching is pleased to feature Amanda Huron, assistant professor of interdisciplinary social sciences at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Last year, Amanda lent her expertise in DC...
From Real World History to the Real World

From Real World History to the Real World

February 29, 2016 (Photo: second from left, 2014 Real World History student Zawadi Carroll shown with (L to R) her mother, Real World History course instructor Mr. Cosby Hunt, and Zawadi’s brother and 2015 Real World History student Kenneth Carroll ) This piece...
Interviewing Ms. Mitchell about the Great Migration

Interviewing Ms. Mitchell about the Great Migration

February 16, 2016 (Photo credit: Caitlin Wolf/Center for Inspired Teaching) This piece was written by Allison, a student at Woodrow Wilson High School (DCPS) and a 2015-16 Real World History student. As part of her first semester Real World History coursework, Allison...