We know you are wondering about the status of 2021 FFT grants. So are we. What we do know is that 2020 Fellows' grants are deferred to 2021 and we... read more →
One's Fund for Teachers experience does not end with the fellowship, that's actually the beginning. More than 9,000 public and private school teachers, preK-12, form one of the most powerful... read more →
The flatlands of Oakland -- where most of my students live -- have often been described as a war zone. Nearly every student of mine has lost at least one... read more →
Circles are a powerful metaphor for our Fund for Teachers learning experiences. If you imagine a group of people standing in a circle, the shape itself is an equalizing force... read more →
Chris Toomey's school was implementing a new learning model called 21st Century Learning based on foundational principles called The 5 C's:... read more →
Since we got married, we have spent our lives together working with children in our community, other communities and in our school. We are driven by our desire to make... read more →
In 2018, the team of Cynde Ciesla, Erika Gilbert & Monica Fitzgerald (Gillette Road Middle School - Cicero, NY) used their Fund for Teachers grant to attend the Model Schools... read more →
HYGGE: ˈh(y)o͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/noun/ a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture). Meredith... read more →
Last summer, Jenn Nekolny and Christine Halblander (Jefferson Junio High School - Naperville, IL) used their Fund for Teachers grant to explore physical and societal divisions in historical and contemporary Poland, Czechia,... read more →
Her American name is Kim Elizabeth DeMarco. The name given by her Vietnamese mother and American father, a soldier, is Hoang Thi Thanh. Nuns who found her as an infant... read more →