Atlanta Education Fund

Fund for Teachers: What they’re doing this summer

Not to get all nostalgic or anything, but when we started Talk Up APS toward the end of last summer, one of the first things we did was serve up a series of essays from the Atlanta Fund for Teachers  (through the Atlanta Education Fund) winners who wrote about their summer experiences. The essays were […]

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‘How I Spent My Summer’ (conclusion): Terri Dunson

We conclude our incredibly enlightening and popular “How I Spent My Summer” series that chronicles the experiences of the Fund For Teachers grant recipients through the Atlanta Education Fund. Finally: E. Rivers Elementary teacher Terri Dunson, who traveled to China for a kind of panda adventure you definitely won’t get at the Atlanta Zoo — […]

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‘How I Spent My Summer’: Charon Kirkland and Lorrae Walker

Our “How I Spent My Summer” series follows the experiences of teachers who were awarded the Fund for Teachers grant through the Atlanta Education Fund. Next up: Last year’s APS Teacher of the Year Charon Kirkland (pictured above) of Carter G. Woodson Elementary and her team member, Scott Elementary‘s Lorrae Walker. The pair traveled to […]

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‘How I Spent My Summer’: Amy Leonard

We continue our series “How I Spent My Summer” looking at how APS teachers used their Atlanta Education Fund’s Fund for Teachers grant. Next up: Grady High School Latin teacher Amy Leonard, who did “Roman Holiday” one better with a heckuva learning experience in Italy. Ms. Leonard describes her story after the jump …

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‘How I Spent My Summer’: Xylecia Taylor

Our “How I Spent My Summer” continues with Xylecia Taylor, a third-grade teacher at Dobbs Elementary. Taylor used her Fund for Teachers grant (through the Atlanta Education Fund) for a trip to Ghana, where she was involved in a range of activities including learning how to harvest bio-diesel fuel. Here’s her story, in her own words … […]

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‘How I Spent My Summer’: Neville McFarlane

We continue our series on how APS teachers spent their summer. Next up: Maynard H. Jackson High math teacher Neville McFarlane, who used his Fund for Teachers grant (through the Atlanta Education Fund) to attend a photovoltaic and installation workshop in Colorado. What’s a photovoltaic and installation workshop, you ask? So did we. Here’s Mr. McFarlane’s […]

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‘How I Spent My Summer’: Sydney Butler

We continue our focus on teachers and how they spent their summer with yet another winner of the Atlanta Fund for Teachers grant, Sydney Butler (above right) of Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School. The grant is sponsored by the Atlanta Education Fund. Ms. Butler traveled to Spain for an international conference on special […]

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