Bette Sloane (Mineola High School - Garden City Park, NY) applied to join the Equity Innovation Circle last year because she wanted to figure out how to elevate the minuscule... read more →
What are Innovation Circles? Innovation Circles is a new grant program at Fund for Teachers (FFT) designed to stimulate and enrich teacher innovation. Through self-designed learning experiences and virtual Circle... read more →
Building on the success of our inaugural grants specifically for FFT Fellows, we are excited to launch our second year of $1,500 Innovation Circle Grants. Based on Fellow feedback, we... read more →
Joey Cumagun, a veteran special education teacher, seeks the human potential in every student of every ability. Through community-based instruction providing students with real life experiences, Joey helps prepare students... read more →
COVID continues to wreak havoc on schools and challenge teachers, parents and students alike. But an earlier global pandemic also thwarted (kind of) the plans of FFT Fellows Kerensa Elzy,... read more →
Are you an Amazing Race fan? We’re pulling for these teachers in CBS' 33rd season, airing on Wednesday nights. Akbar Cook Sr.... read more →
As part of a partnership with Wesleyan University, my high school's Humanities program exposes students to a wide variety of reading at a very rigorous level. Many of the students... read more →
On the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we appreciate these words and plans of FFT Fellow Patrick McCarney (Stonington High School - Stonington, CT). Patrick is a... read more →
In September 2019, I launched a pilot program with three sections of my United States History II course. More than seventy juniors and seniors in high school wrote letters to... read more →
Day of the Dead is actually a two-day holiday in Mexico when families celebrate life and death simultaneously. From October 31 - November 2, people create ofrendas (or offerings) adorned... read more →