When I think about my years in school, I remember my teachers more than I do the classes I took or the books I read. In particular, there are a few teachers whose lessons I still carry with me today.

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We target our resources here and abroad where we believe we can have the greatest impact: vaccines that save children from serious illness and death, more increased agricultural productivity that allow families to feed themselves and earn a living, access
to contraception to ensure that women can decide when to have children, and a great teacher who can make a dramatic difference in the life of low income students in the United States.

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NBC wants your input on what should be covered at the Teacher Town Hall. Go to their Facebook page and share your ideas about what’s working in your classrooms and what you’d like to hear from other teachers.

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It is one thing for principals, district officials, community-leaders, policy makers and yes – Foundations – to ask teachers to connect with students and teach them in a way that leads to gains in students’ academic knowledge. But unless we provide teachers
with the tools, materials and supports which increase the likelihood of them making a positive impact in the lives of their students, these changes won’t matter.

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The education reform debate has deteriorated at times—our goal is to engage in a constructive conversation, to turn down the heat, and to seek a bit more light.

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