Educator & Student Voices

What’s the science behind playful learning? Inspired Teaching explored this topic with leading researchers in this field. Our first conversation was with Dr. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University.

Third grade teacher and 2013 Inspired Teaching Fellow Zia Hassan writes about being featured with his class in a LEGO Foundation video and how his students have led the brainstorming process for incorporating play into their classroom.

2014 SCALE Teacher Leader Patricia Odom, a science teacher at Kelly Miller Middle School (DCPS), shares how she incorporates the Next Generation Science & Engineering Practices in engaging, student-centered lessons to teach her students to think like scientists.

On March 11, Real World History students served as judges at the Deal Middle School History Day competition. Real World History instructor, Inspired Teaching’s Cosby Hunt, reflects on the experience.

2014 BLISS Teacher Leader Adam Evans writes about his experience presenting at a regional conference and why he’s proud to be part of a movement to build a better school experience for students.

Jennifer Brown, a 2014 BLISS Teacher Leader, writes about her experience at the US Department of Education discussing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and sharing her own views as an educator.

2014 BLISS Teacher Leader Stephanie Bunton writes about a conversation she and other teachers joined at the US Department of Education to discuss the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Following their seminar discussion of reparations, Real World History students and students from the Maret School organized an interschool viewing and discussion of the movie Selma.