During his senior year in college as a business major, a course in creative writing changed James Finnegan’s life. Until that time, he had thought of poetry as a relatively antique art form.



But an excellent teacher...

This video features Daniel Ziblatt, a Harvard professor, who talks about the teachers who had the most impact on him in his academic journey.

Susan Engel, Ph.D. teaches in the Department of Psychology at Williams College and is the founding director of the college's Program in Teaching. Her research interests include children’s narratives, play, the development of curiosity,...

Erin Klein is an award winning educator, national keynote speaker, author, and mother who has been twice selected to serve on the Scholastic, Inc. Top Teaching Team based in New York. Her recent publication, Amazing Grades, was a...

Daniel Kahneman is Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs Emeritus at the Woodrow Wilson School, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University, and a fellow of the Center for Rationality at the Hebrew...

Liz Gallo is the founder and CEO of WhyMaker. She is a trained Technology and Engineering Educator, Liz has a passion for helping students become problem solvers and design thinkers. Liz has been teaching for over 10 years. In this...

Charles Rossiter, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient and five-time Pushcart Prize nominee, has led workshops and taught at literary festivals, community organizations, libraries, prisons and schools from 10th grade to...

Catlin Tucker is a Google Certified Teacher and CUE Lead Learner. She teaches 9th and 10th grade English language arts at Windsor High School in Sonoma County, where she was named Teacher of the Year in 2010. She has also taught...

Jessica Millstone is the Director of Engagement at BrainPOP, where she works on bridging games­-based learning initiatives between BrainPOP’s GameUp and its many game partners. Prior to joining BrainPOP, Jessica was the inaugural...

Sean Kelly earned an Sc.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.S. in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences from Brown University in 1989. After several years as a graduate student in Logic and Methodology of Science, he finally...

George A. Bonanno, Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Psychology. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1991. His research and scholarly interests have centered on the question of how human beings cope with loss, trauma and other...

Christel Temple is Chair, Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Associate and Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned a BA, History, The College of William and Mary; MA, African American Studies,...

In this series of videos "60 Seconds with ..." I've asked each person to tell me (in a minute or less) about that one special teacher who made a difference in their life.

Lori D'Andrea is a former teacher. She is the founder of "One Day at a Time", a Facebook support group for parents whose children are suffering with depression. She lives with her husband, three daughters and three dogs in West Islip, NY.

Lynn Marie Houston holds a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University and an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. A Fulbright scholar (Switzerland 1994-1998), she has also held writing residencies at the Vermont...

Chelsea has loved art since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She also sincerely loves to help others, so Chelsea's Charity was a great way to combine her two loves to support her peers! She is looking forward to teaching the value of...

Learning in Hand is an educator's resource for mobile and digital learning. It was started in 2002 as part of Tony Vincent's classroom website. At first focusing on Palm handhelds, Learning in Hand now encompasses all kinds of...

In this series of videos "60 Seconds with ..." I've asked each person to tell me (in a minute or less) about that one special teacher who made a difference in their life.

Bridget Beichler begins her 20th year with Loudoun County Public Schools and her fifth year as principal of Trailside Middle School.



She earned her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Penn State University. She...

Xiao-lei Wang is Professor and Acting Dean of the School of Education at Pace University, USA. She is the author of Growing up with Three Languages: Birth to Eleven (Multilingual Matters, 2008) and Learning to Read and Write in the...

Veronica Pereyra is a Technology teacher at Colegio America de Callao in Lima, Peru. She also teaches Robotics.

Steve has been teaching for over 25 years. Most of them have been at William Annin Middle School, where he developed a game design and development curriculum. Steve has found that the collaborative possibilities in Minecraft are an...

A poet and teacher, David Cappella is a professor emeritus in the English department at Central Connecticut State University. He is the co-author with Baron Wormser of The Moves and of A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day....

Daniel H. Pink is the author of five provocative books — including three long-running New York Times bestsellers, A Whole New Mind, Drive, and To Sell is Human. His books have been translated into 35 languages and have sold more than 2...