Two weeks ago, Fund for Teachers opened the 2019 grant application. Have you been thinking about where you want to go and what you want to learn? For a little... read more →
Columbus may have sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred ninety two, but South Dakota instituted October 8 as Indigenous Peoples' Day in nineteen hundred eighty nine as a counter-celebration.... read more →
In honor of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday today, we share the thoughts of teachers who analyzed his practice of ahimsa, or non-violence on their 2015 FFT fellowship. Katie Seltzer and Eric... read more →
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel -... read more →
Last week in Chicago, our board of directors meeting agenda included a special guest - 2017 FFT Fellow Paula Dell, teacher at Robert Lindblom Math and Science Academy High School... read more →
FFT Fellows take planes, trains and automobiles in pursuit of knowledge that will engage students. Kristie Blanchard and... read more →
Fund for Teachers fellowships are NOT vacations. So when a teacher applies for a grant... read more →
s part of the “follow up” portion of an FFT fellowship, grant recipients complete a Passport that documents their learning and where they plan to go from here. Teachers... read more →
“Why?” is the response of elementary-aged students to virtually every statement, which is why many parents are happily walking their kids back through the school doors right about now. When... read more →