Stories & Announcements
Inspired Teaching Joins America’s Promise Alliance
Center for Inspired Teaching Joins America’s Promise Alliance Supports the Call to Improve the Lives of America’s Young People Washington, DC — April 20, 2018— Center for Inspired Teaching today announced it has become an official partner of America’s Promise...
DC Changemaker Collaborative Launch
On March 14, 2018, leaders from Ashoka, Inspired Teaching, TEACH-NOW and local educators teamed up to launch the DC Changemaker Collaborative and pursue a common mission of fostering changemaking in DC. Over 30 local education professionals came together for the first...
2017 DC ChangemakerEd Summit
We are proud to partner with Ashoka and the D.C. Change Leaders Collaborative to promote changemaking in the D.C. education system so every student is empowered to be a changemaker. Inspired Teachers facilitated and actively participated in conversations spanning from...
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
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...
Powerful BLM Week of Action in Schools
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.
National Alliance for Engagement-Based Education
Center for Inspired Teaching and the Astra Center for Innovative Education form the National Alliance for Engagement-Based Education Center for Inspired Teaching and the Astra Center for Innovative Education are pleased to announce an exciting new initiative, the...
DC Area Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools
Inspired Teaching in proud to collaborate with Teaching for Change, The Washington Teachers’ Union, DC area educators and community members to implement the first DC Area Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools from February 5-9.
Inspired Teacher Named 2018 DC Teacher of the Year
The Office of the State Superintendent named Inspired Teacher Leader Paul Howard (‘14) as 2018 D.C. Teacher of the Year. Paul is a middle school social studies teacher at LaSalle-Backus Education Campus. Inspired Teaching’s philosophy is embedded in Paul’s practice and dispositions. Read more to learn about Paul’s journey with Inspired Teaching.
2017 DC ChangemakerEd Summit
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.
