Announcements
Inspired Teaching hosts fellow LRNG Innovation Challenge winners
On March 28, Inspired Teaching hosted fellow winners of the national LRNG Innovation Challenge for an interactive exploration of the Mt. Zion cemetery in Georgetown.
Partner Feature – The President Woodrow Wilson House
Center for Inspired Teaching is proud to partner with the President Woodrow Wilson House through the Real World History program.
Aleta Margolis and Jacqueline Smalls join inaugural DC STEM Network
Inspired Teaching’s Aleta Margolis and Jacqueline Smalls have been invited to join the DC STEM Network, a community of partners united in an effort to ensure transformative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning opportunities for all DC students.
Inspired Teaching’s Cosby Hunt presents at 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference
On March 14, Cosby Hunt spoke at the 2015 Teaching & Learning Conference as an expert panelist for a session titled “Implementing the Common Core as a Community of Practice: Lessons Learned through the Literacy Design Collaborative.”
Fellows Advisory Board hosts event for prospective, current, and alumni Inspired Teaching Fellows
The Inspired Teaching Fellows Advisory Board (FAB) hosted an event bringing together prospective, current, and alumni Inspired Teaching Fellows for a discussion of teaching, learning, and living in Washington, DC.
Inspired Teaching Demonstration School hosts visitors from 2015 Ashoka U Exchange
On Feburary 26, visitors from the 2015 Ashoka U Exchange visited the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School to tour classrooms, engage with school teachers and staff, and learn more about Inspired Teaching’s instructional model.
Aleta Margolis speaks at 2015 Ashoka U Exchange
On February 26, Aleta Margolis spoke at the 2015 Ashoka U Exchange, exploring what it means as an educator to “Live in an ‘Everyone a Changemaker’ World.”
Inspired Teaching staff and 2014 BLISS Teacher Leaders present at Middle States Council of the Social Studies annual conference
Inspired Teaching’s Cosby Hunt and Matt Fiteny and two 2014 BLISS Teacher Leaders, Stephanie Bunton (Columbia Heights Educational Campus) and Adam Evans (Ballou Senior High School), presented at the Middle States Council of the Social Studies annual conference.
BLISS Teacher Leaders join US Dept. of Education for conversation about ESEA reauthorization
Two BLISS Teacher Leaders – Jennifer Brown and Stephanie Bunton – were invited to join a conversation that brought together teachers, Department of Education leaders, and Washington Teaching Ambassador Fellows to discuss the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Teaching Real World History with Jacob Lawrence
In a piece originally published in The Phillips Collection’s blog “Experiment Station,” Inspired Teaching’s Cosby Hunt reflects on how Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series sparked discussion between students and elder Washingtonians about the Great Migration.
