More than 100 families entered the Meriden Public School District in Connecticut last year from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria last year. Consequently, Mariah Abatan and Marjorie Eager quickly became... read more →
This is the question that inspired Jeff Wolfson's 2017 fellowship to Monet's most famous painting spot - Giverny, France. His goal was to develop with students and community partners a... read more →
The majority of Lori Lyn's students at Hicks Elementary in Houston are... read more →
To be (relevant) or not to be (relevant), that is the question high school students ask when it comes to reading Shakespeare. In response, Fund... read more →
The American embassy's relocation to Jerusalem and ensuing violence underscores the importance of students' having a working knowledge of Middle East politics, culture and history. Often in an attempt to... read more →
"For the past two years, my eighth grade English class has used Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning graphic-novel, MAUS, as our primary text to study the Holocaust. My students enjoy the fascinating... read more →
In 2000, the English Language Learner (ELL) population at Fargo High School barely hit 3%; 15 years later, refugees and immigrants make up 10% of the student population. Leah Juelke,... read more →
As part of Sara Damon's AP Geography curriculum, students at Stillwater Junior High School in Stillwater, MN, read They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of... read more →
"What would Gandhi do?" This is the guiding question for a group of students at Lakeshore Elementary in Humble, TX. Their teacher, Andrea Barela, used her FFT grant to research Mohandas... read more →
Millions of people around the world are celebrating Earth Day 2018, with a specific emphasis on ending plastic pollution. As recently as last month, the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a... read more →