Our Perspective

Dave Yarmchuk, Inspired Teaching’s Deputy Director, shares about his upcoming trip to Thailand to work with teachers in Chiang Mai.

The Inspired Teaching Residency summer experiences at Capital City Public Charter School were full of laughter and meaningful learning. Our newest cohort of Inspired Teaching Fellows kicked off the journey, learning and exploring together, during the engaging Summer Institute.

Inspired Teaching envisions a world in which every child is able to thrive, through an authentically engaging education. We spearheaded the Black Lives Matter Week of Action to pursue this powerful vision and further our mission of cultivating changemaking educators who actively engage students as empathetic, critical thinkers.

On Saturday November 4th, Inspired Teaching partnered with Ashoka and the D.C. Change Leaders Collaborative to bring together change leaders across D.C. to collaborate and envision how to empower every student in the city to be a changemaker.

“Only a week before before sending my own kids back to school, I participated in an Education Teach-In at Politics and Prose Bookstore, which was my opportunity to act as a changemaker, and encourage the enthusiastic audience to become changemakers themselves on behalf of children.” Executive Director Jane Ehrenfeld reflects on her experience at the Teach-In.

“As I traveled between Inspired Teaching’s summer programs, I felt energized by the sights and sounds of engaged, enthusiastic learners working together. From our work with in-service to pre-service teachers to young students, relationships are front and center.” Executive Director Jane Ehrenfeld reflects on the powerful work of our teachers and programs throughout the summer.

Real World History students participate in a semester long internship at a variety of historic sites in Washington, DC. In addition to serving as a partner for our internships, this year President Lincoln's Cottage also hosted our Changemakers in Action event. We’re...

“So rather than focus on the uncertainty itself, shouldn’t we be focusing on how to effectively teach kids how to approach uncertainty, manage it, and even turn it into opportunity?” Executive Director Jane Ehrenfeld talks about teachers and students as changemakers.

Several Real World History students competed this April at DC’s National History Day: Diamond Taylor, Esmeralda Gutierrez, and Jourdan Hilton each presented an individual exhibit display on Edward R. Murrow; while Mecca Hussein, Rudeimi Basora, and Kendall Parks worked together on a performance about the 1963 March on Washington. Four students — Diamond and the performance team — won first place in their respective categories.

“How can one organization be both deeply place-based and also have far reaching aspirations for its message and vision? This is a question we’ve been grappling with at Inspired Teaching, especially since engaging in a comprehensive strategic planning process last year.” Executive Director Jane Ehrenfeld describes how we continue to deepen our impact in the DC region while extending our work across the country.