Announcements

Inspired Teaching opened the Catalogue for Philanthropy’s annual Inspiration to Action event, engaging the audience of philanthropists and community leaders with an interactive activity that highlighted the radical difference between the conventional school experience and the Inspired Teaching school experience.

On December 3rd, the second annual Real World History Internship Fair took place at Cardozo High School as staff members from DC museums and historic sites interviewed students to determine their second semester internships.

On November 28, Aleta Margolis addressed a convening of school directors, educators, young people, civil society leaders, and philanthropists at the Changemaker Education Summit in Istanbul.

Inspired Teaching will partner with the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) to continue transforming teacher preparation as NCTR, which received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, becomes one of five Teacher Preparation Transformation Centers across the United States.

On November 5th, the DC STEM Network hosted its inaugural STEM Summit. Inspired Teaching’s Aleta Margolis and David Yarmchuk both presented at the event, which was open to STEM educators, administrators, and policymakers from across the DC-region.

On November 10th, Real World History students had an opportunity to effect change in their schools when they met with the High School Credit Flexibility Task Force at Ballou High School in Washington, DC.

On September 16, Inspired Teaching Founder and Executive Director Aleta Margolis addressed the Washington, DC Rotary Club about Inspired Teaching’s philosophy, accomplishments, and plans for the future.

On September 11, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) launched a new national education initiative, Think It Up, with a live, special broadcast on all four major US networks. Inspired Teaching was invited to attend the telecast in Los Angeles and to contribute to the initiative.

On August 26, Inspired Teaching invited Inspired Teachers from all programs – from 15 year veterans to teachers entering the classroom for the first time – to come together for a special, 20th Anniversary celebration at Nationals Park.

At last week’s professional development days for DC Public Schools teachers, Inspired Teacher Leaders in BLISS: Building Literacy in the Social Studies and SCALE: Science Curriculum Advancement through Literacy Enhancement introduced their colleagues to Cornerstone lessons, created by the Teacher Leaders, which will be taught in every DCPS school this year.