Fund for Teachers is a national nonprofit that awards grants for self-designed fellowships to America's most innovative preK-12 teachers. This is a podcast to elevate these public/private/charter school educators as inspiring architects of their careers, classrooms and school communities.
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When considering what education looked like for members of Native Tribes of North America, the conversation falls along the timeline of pre- and post-colonization. Prior to Westward Expansion, young children primarily learned by observing elders, through rituals and oral histories and always in community. As we know, however, those communities were decimated or displaced. In the case of the…
Today's episode is a break from our normally scheduled podcast. Because today's guest is breaking the mold of how Fund for Teachers Fellows' engage their students from a fellowship. Today, we are learning from Sabina Sully , middle school teacher at Patterson Park Public Charter School in Baltimore, MD. Sabina used her $5,000 Fund for Teachers grant to collect data, photographs, and interviews…
Champion of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre famously declared, “The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is keeping them ignorant.” Although Robespierre ultimately met the guillotine, his belief in the transformative power of education resonates with Jeff Glikman. Jeff knows that access to education alone doesn't guarantee…
President Theodore Roosevelt said, "…a special and peculiar debt of gratitude is owing to the men and women who are engaged in teaching, who are engaged in educating the body, mind and soul of the younger generation…” His Presidential Library is opened this month in western North Dakota (fittingly on July the Fourth) and just days after Eric Sullenberger drove though the Badlands, a rugged…
July has been defined by two stories: the World Cup and America’s 250th anniversary. One has reminded us of what unites people across cultures—the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, and, apparently, a shared appreciation for ranch dressing. The other has prompted us to look back in order to move forward. At the intersection of those two moments is the Fund for Teachers fellowship of Chandler…
In 2015, United Nations member states adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) designed to end poverty, protect the planet, and create a more prosperous future for all by 2030. Together, these goals address some of humanity’s most urgent challenges, including hunger, poverty, gender equality, health and well-being, and climate change. As then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon famously…
Reidsville, Georgia, is a small town covering just 7.7 square miles, about an hour west of Savannah. According to Local Observer Daily , it is best known as a quintessential Southern farming community and as home to the Georgia State Prison. Agriculture—especially the cultivation of Vidalia onions—drives the local economy, and many of Sarah Jacques’ students and their families are part of that…
The theme of Earth Day 2026 is “Our Power. Our Planet.” According to earthday.org , this theme is “not a political statement, but a commitment to stewardship, resilience, and shared accountability — a call for every individual, community, and sector to use their power in service of the planet we all depend on.” For Krissy Ponden , a teacher at The Unquowa School in Fairfield, Connecticut, that…
Eighty-one years ago, on January 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in occupied Poland—a place where more than one million people were murdered as part of the Nazis’ so-called “Final Solution.” In November 2005, the United Nations designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust…
As the fall semester speeds into winter break, Amanda Hinrichs ’ fifth graders at Hebron Avenue School in Glastonbury, CT, are pretty worked up. They’re stamping their feet and making bold hand gestures with eyes bulging and tongues out. And Amanda is loving every second. Her music students are writing and performing their own “ haka ,” a Maori tradition that Amanda observed all across New Zealand…