As Naima Hall tells it, she had a hard time finding her way in the world of work. For a while she did construction work, then bartended. Only after a few more... read more →
For two decades, Fund for Teachers has respected the power of teachers to determine their own learning and, subsequently that of their students. For each of those twenty years, that... read more →
Nataliya Braginsky is a high school teacher at Metropolitan Business Academy in New Haven, CT, where she teaches African American and Latinx History, Contemporary Law, and Journalism, and co-advises the... read more →
Fund for Teachers Fellows teach every subject and language, including American Sign Language (ASL). At FFT Fellow Mick Posner's school in West Hartford, CT, ASL is one of the world... read more →
Laura Irace and Lisa Lambert (West Side STEM Magnet Middle School - Groton, CT) used their Fund for Teachers grant to attend the 2019 International Conference on Mathematics Science Teaching... read more →
This fall, Fund for Teachers introduced a new Circles program bringing Fellows together around various topics. This effort coincided with teachers’ return to school in the midst of a pandemic,... read more →
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR... read more →
In 2015, Elizabeth Hoelperl used a Fund for Teachers grant to study the historical implications of the acquisition of Hawaii, as well as the strategic role of Pearl Harbor in... read more →
In the spring of 2020, Fund for Teachers set out to refine its description of the impact it wants to have on the world. We started by identifying our best... read more →
My Fund for Teachers fellowship immersed me... read more →