Inside our classrooms are thousands of tales of frustration and persistence, pain and courage, challenge and breakthrough. They remind us why we get up in the morning and do the work we do — and of how much still needs to get done.
What's yours?
Peter Gwynn Sackson (Houston '06) shares how he translated the lessons he learned in the corps to his career in politics and beyond.
Liz Allen's (Colorado '09) commitment to education reform keeps her motivated to push the rigor in her classroom.
A student teaches Derrick Johnson (N.Y. '10) a lesson in resiliency when he refuses to back down from a challenging math problem.
Steele Kizerian (D.C. Region '09) got creative with his classroom management in an effort to turnaround a rambunctious kindergarten class using a little mystery and a lot of imagination.