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November 14, 2024
The Current: November 2024

In this issue: Mark Your Calendar: Grant Applicant Events Take a Listen: Fund for Teachers The Podcast launches fifth season Blending Craft and Technology Read our November issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
October 24, 2024
FFT Fellow in the News: Yan Carlos Mejia

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters A Bronx teacher wanted better materials for English learners. He went to Latin America to find them. Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat Oct 17, 2024 at 5:31pm EDT Yan Carlos Mejia sees himself in his students. Mejia, who teaches students learning English as…
October 17, 2024
The Current: October 2024

In this issue: Ready, set, apply! 2025 Grant Application Available Collaboration Across the Nation New Educator Advisory Council Members Named Read our October issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
October 01, 2024
Fund for Teachers Offers Teacher
Grants for Summer 2025

Prek-12 Teachers Can Apply for up to $10,000 for Self-Designed Fellowships HOUSTON – Fund for Teachers, one of the country’s largest investors in preK-12 teachers, today opens its 2025 grant cycle, inviting teachers with a minimum of three years classroom experience to design fellowships (anything/anywhere) that enrich their careers, support student success, and strengthen schools…
September 10, 2024
The Current: September 2024

In this issue: Heading Back to School Centering Student Experience New Partner Announced: Maxwell/Hanrahan Read our September issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
September 09, 2024
FFT Welcomes New Partnership with Maxwell/Hanrahan

Non-Profits Collaborate to Support Teachers’ Experiential Learning & Student Outcomes HOUSTON —Fund for Teachers, one of the country’s largest investors in preK-12 educators, announced a grant from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation to award fellowships focused on science and craft experiences for teachers working with underserved students or in rural school settings. The Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation joins organizations…
July 18, 2024
The Current: July 2024

In this issue: Midsummer’s Teacher Dreams Summer Reading: The Great Gatsby Read our July issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
May 24, 2024
FFT Names New Board Chair

FUND FOR TEACHERS NAMES JONAS ZUCKERMAN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD National Advocate for Equitable Education Moves into New Leadership Role May 24, 2024 (Houston) – Fund for Teachers, one of the country’s largest investors in preK-12 educators, has named Jonas Zuckerman as its new board chair. Having served as a Fund for Teachers board member…
May 03, 2024
The Current: May 2024

In this issue: Fellow Season Begins Innovation Circle Fellows Named FFT Names New Board Chair Read our May issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
April 10, 2024
The Current: April 2024

In this issue: Announcing our 2024 Fellows Innovation Circle Grant Deadline Donor Spotlight: Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Read our April issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
April 05, 2024
Fund for Teachers Awards $1.6 Million in Grants for Summer Fellowships

365 prek-12 teachers will pursue learning around the world to impact student engagement and success.  APRIL 5, 2024 (Houston) – Fund for Teachers, one of the country’s largest investors in preK-12 educators, has announced its 2024 grant recipients who will embark on self-designed expeditions this summer using $1.6 million in grants. These 365 teachers, FFT…
March 06, 2024
The Current: March 2024

In this issue: Women’s History Month Spies Like Us Donor Spotlight: Dalio Education Read our March issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
February 07, 2024
The Current: February 2024

In this issue:  Introducing: The Current Celebrating Black History Month Lunar New Year Read our inaugural issue, here. To receive the latest issue of The Current in your inbox, subscribe here.
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Defining a Followship

Fund for Teachers awards grants to individuals and teams of teachers, and one of the most common questions we get is, “What constitutes a team?” The easy answer is “two or more teachers.” For the team from Central Ohio, the answer was “one fifth-grade teacher, a special education teacher, two sixth-grade science teachers, and four...

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Blending Craft and Technology

Challenges facing Lora Taylor’s students at STEM School Chattanooga:  Advantages for Lora Taylor’s students: Lora Taylor STEM School Chattanooga is a public high school deeply committed to project-based learning that equips students with essential skills for a technology-driven world. At the heart of this learning is digital design and fabrication, where students bring their ideas...

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Using Historical Horrors to Face Modern Monsters

According to Monster.com’s article “The Scariest Jobs Ranked by Phobia,” teaching is one of the scariest professions out there. FFT Fellows Allison Friedman (Channel View School for Research – Rockaway Park, NY) and Carmela Gandolfo-Birkel (Baldwin High School – Baldwin, NY) decided to lean into fear – specifically by exploring horror. “Students, teachers, and community...

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Collaboration Across the Nation

To reach teachers working in communities across the country, Fund for Teachers partners with local education foundations and philanthropic organizations. Together we market the program, manage and support applicants, conduct selection processes and fund grants. Perhaps our favorite aspect of these collaborations happens each fall, when many of these like-minded organizations host events at which...

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Back to the Future via Fund for Teachers

Vincent Pham (The International High School at Prospect Heights – Brooklyn) designed a 2024 Fund for Teachers fellowship to go back and go forward. He spent the month of August in Southeast Asia, researching his heritage to model resilience for students sharing his experiences as a refugee arriving in the United States. The following piece is an amalgamation of...

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Paying Peace Forward with Atomic Learning

Today the world remembers the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which took place 79 years ago and resulted in the formal surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. When Ariel Warshaw remembered this pivotal moment in history, she also realized that her viewpoint lacked global perspective, as well as the peace that was catalyzed...

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Midsummer’s Teacher Dreams

Half-way through the summer means roughly 50% of our 2024 FFT Fellows have embarked on their self-designed fellowships. Their images and insights, make us even more excited for the rest of the summer… “We dared to dream of a self-guided and personally driven professional development opportunity for the summer of 2024 and Fund for Teachers...

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Summer Reading

For decades, summer reading and school year syllabi have included The Great Gatsby, and James Sheridan’s AP English Literature class at Houston’s YES Prep East End Secondary is no exception. This spring, however, his personal experience with the text will far eclipse anything his students could Google related to the novel, the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, or the Tony-award winning Broadway musical....

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Teachers: We’re Hiring

Fund for Teachers’ fellowships are based on the belief that teachers know best what they AND their students need to succeed. We also believe that teachers know best what our organization needs to most effectively support teachers. That’s why we started our Educator Advisory Council (EAC). And that’s why we want you to APPLY for the two-year term/paid opportunity. We are...

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Thank You for Paying it Forward

Four years ago, Fund for Teachers decided that because we are about teachers, we wanted teachers’ input about what we do and how. Our Educator Advisory Council (EAC) was the first outcome of that decision. A cohort of FFT Fellows were selected from a competitive application process to inform our programming in the best interest...

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