Engaging students through innovative teaching

Inspired Teaching is proud to report that we have launched the Inspired Teaching Institute for Mathematics Teachers in Baltimore City this year.  In partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools, Inspired Teaching’s transformative model of professional development is fuelling system-wide improvement in...

D.C. charter schools have a ‘voice at the table’ Principal Zoe Duskin unlocked the front door just after 6 a.m. Monday. The seven classrooms at the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, a new public charter school in Northeast Washington, were in perfect order. But she lingered over the last details,...

Dear Friends,In February, hundreds of individuals and supporters joined Inspired Teaching at the Embassy of Canada for the 2011 Chocolate Inspiration. The United States Ambassador to Canada, David Jacobson, graciously hosted a VIP reception in his private suite; afterwards, nearly 300 attendees enjoyed a rich sampling...

Dear Friends, In the last year I’ve shared a lot of exciting news about Center for Inspired Teaching’s programmatic success and future growth. With the Inspired Teacher Certification Program in its second year, a new partnership with the Flamboyan Foundation to develop a family engagement curriculum, and a...

Dear friends, The past three months at Center for Inspired Teaching have been full of growth, presenting the Inspired Teaching staff with new challenges, opportunities to learn, and reasons to be excited! Recently, we’ve been developing, piloting, and evaluating a family engagement curriculum for teachers in a...

Dear Friends, Can you recall the last movie you watched about a teacher or our schools? Most likely, the story follows a heroic individual working with challenging students, surrounded by a bureaucratic administration and apathetic peers. The teacher will go to extraordinary efforts to get through to the students,...

Dear Friends, The past two months were exhilarating for the Center for Inspired Teaching! In March, over 300 supporters joined us at the Cultural Institute of the Embassy of Mexico for the 2010 Chocolate Inspiration. The Chocolate Inspiration is a festive evening where friends of Inspired Teaching come together to...

Dear Friends, Below we’ve highlighted a few of the many inspiring stories our supporters made possible in 2009. Highlights include the successful launch of a new teacher certification program, induction of our 14th class of Inspired Teaching Institute teachers, and plans in the works for a demonstration school. If all...

Dear Friends, With another school year underway, Center for Inspired Teaching continues to provide intensive mentoring and transformative coursework to District of Columbia Public School teachers and schools. Each day we’re reaching thousands of children with challenging lessons, engaging activities, and teacher...

Dear Friends, I have some exciting news regarding the future of Center for Inspired Teaching! Beginning in summer 2009, Inspired Teaching will build on its track record of high-quality teacher training and first-hand knowledge of DC Public Schools by preparing, certifying, and supporting exceptional individuals who...

Dear Friends, Inspired Teaching is delighted in the progress we continue to see at Orr Elementary. Turnaround stories in Washington, DC are few and far between. When they make it into the headlines they usually involve a school that has replaced all of its staff and started from scratch. Orr Elementary’s turnaround...

Dear Candidates, Though there are many issues in this election, few are more important to the future of our country than education. Center for Inspired Teaching is transforming education by investing in teachers. Our work with thousands of teachers, through courses, mentoring, and whole school partnerships over the...

Dear Friends and Supporters, At Center for Inspired Teaching, we are continuing to strengthen Washington, DC’s public schools by investing in their teachers. Through inspiring new and veteran teachers, we are enabling them to unlock the innate potential in students across the District and contributing to a positive...

Inspired Teaching is featured today on the front page of the Washington Post education section in an article entitled "Center Focuses on Teachers, Not Test Scores" by Valerie Strauss: Standing in a circle, three dozen teachers listened to an instructor rattle off a math problem. "The square of 4 times 3 plus 5 times 7...

Dear Friends and Supporters, On a daily basis we are bombarded with stories about the failure of our schools. A million students drop out each year. Nearly half of all African American, Hispanic, and Native American students fail to graduate. Research increasingly cites boredom and lack of engagement as leading factors...