Speak Truth: A Year of Inviting Conversation 

Speak Truth: A Year of Inviting Conversation 

Speak Truth: A Year of Inviting Conversation 

“The most important thing to do right now is invite conversation.” – Alejandro, 10th Grade Last Thursday Inspired Teaching wrapped up the 2019-2020 school year with a final Speak Truth seminar in which students discussed: Are local and federal governments going about...
5 Considerations When Striving to Make Change

5 Considerations When Striving to Make Change

By Jenna Fournel During a workshop for Brown University’s Summer Institute (a virtual series of panels and lectures for students which alumni are doing in response to COVID19) our president and founder, Aleta Margolis, was asked to share her insights from 25 years as...
What does it mean to stand up right now?

What does it mean to stand up right now?

Posted June 5, 2020 Dear Friends, At Inspired Teaching, we stand with our Black and brown friends and colleagues – teachers, school leaders, students, and community members – in acknowledging the systemic racism that persists in our country and insisting...
Is it Time for a Constitutional Convention?

Is it Time for a Constitutional Convention?

By Jenna Fournel Has there ever been a time in your life when you felt like the rules you were subject to were unjust and you wanted to change them? This is the question that Peniel Ouabo, a junior at the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC used to open Center...
Closing the Engagement Gap: A Social Justice Imperative

Closing the Engagement Gap: A Social Justice Imperative

Center for Inspired Teaching is proud to announce the release of a new white paper titled Closing the Engagement Gap: A Social Justice Imperative. This work, which both affirms the benefits of engagement-based education and confirms the reality of the current...
Radically Reimagined Relationships: The Foundation of Engagement

Radically Reimagined Relationships: The Foundation of Engagement

The Astra Center for Innovative Education and Center for Inspired Teaching collaborated on a project to figure out what makes engagement-based education possible.  As the report title, “Radically Reimagined Relationships: The Foundation of Engagement”...