Teacher Feature: Ms. Merriam

Teacher Feature: Ms. Merriam

Teacher Feature: Ms. Merriam

  This summer, Inspired Teaching Spoke with 2017 Fellow Eshalla Merriam to learn about her experience as an Inspired Teacher the program so far. This school year, Eshalla will begin her first year as a teacher of record teaching 4th grade English Language Arts at...
Teacher Feature: Mr. Morris

Teacher Feature: Mr. Morris

Thomas Morris Hometown: Durham, NC Undergrad & Major: Hamilton College, Economics Favorite Book as a Child: The Redwall Series Why did you decide to become a teacher? From a young age, I enjoyed tutoring and helping my peers. Over the course of college, I was...
Teacher Feature: Ms. Diggs

Teacher Feature: Ms. Diggs

Asha Diggs Hometown: Takoma Park, Maryland Undergrad & Major: Stockton University, Communication Studies Favorite Place in DC: Adams Morgan – I love the variety of experiences that exist within the neighborhood.     Why did you decide to become a...
Teacher Feature: Ms. Jones

Teacher Feature: Ms. Jones

Asia Jones is a 2016 Inspired Teaching Fellow and 1st grade teacher at Eagle Academy PCS. This spring, she sat down with Inspired Teaching to discuss how she incorporates topics related to social justice into her classroom to help her students become activists. You’ve...
Interview: Real World History Student Wins 1st Place at NHD

Interview: Real World History Student Wins 1st Place at NHD

At the DC National History Day this year, three Real World History students won awards for their outstanding projects. Dimilah Jones from Ballou High School won first place for her individual exhibit about DC drug lord, Rayful Edmond; Maya Woods-Arthur from Washington...
Teacher Feature – Mr. Stevens

Teacher Feature – Mr. Stevens

This Spring, Inspired Teaching spoke with Bill Stevens, History teacher at The SEED School who was awarded National History Day Teacher of the Year in DC for his work making National History Day an integral part of the SEED experience. Stevens participated...