The COVID-19 crisis has closed schools for 1.3 billion students around the world. Teachers are trying valiantly to make sure their students continue learning, but in vulnerable communities they face immense and numerous barriers. One of our partner schools, located...
If you’ve ever taken a long family car trip, you know that you eventually run out of playlists and podcasts that please everyone. During the summer of 2014, while driving from North Carolina to Michigan, our foursome discovered the art...
by Naomi Blum, MEd T2TGlobal's Education Engagement Coordinator Silk Hope School in Siler City, North Carolina, forms a small, tight-knit community. Often the staff there watch students grow up from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade, witnessing their evolution as people...
by Katie Korsyn, T2TGlobal Leadership Coordinator Because in Guatemala the school year lines up with the calendar year, November brings opportunities to celebrate months of learning in the festive spirit of the imminent holidays. The end of the year is a...
T2TGlobal has two new members on its roster of math education experts. Andrea Ayala and Paola Castillo from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador volunteered their time to coach teachers in the Galápagos Islands. They describe their first experience...
by Andi Green, Instructional Coach at Martin Millennium Academy | Tarboro, NC There is something powerful and grounding about standing at the center of the world. Something that makes you reflect on what is at your core. Teaching is at my core. It...
Our guest blogger today is Dustin Dresser of Costa Rica Frika. We invited him to Antigua, Guatemala, last month, to serve as an interpreter for T2TGlobal's math education conference for local teachers. Here are his reflections...
Today in Guatemala, we were honored by the NGO Estrella de Mar with its Partner of the Year award for 2017. T2TGlobal has supported the two math teachers at its Colegio Impacto girls' leadership academy in Panajachel, Sololá, with coaching in pedagogy. At the...
This post was contributed by Elizabeth Ollila (at right), who is currently a senior at Carrboro High School in North Carolina. T2T-I thanks her for participating on the 2016 Teacher Trip to Santa Avelina, Guatemala. Here are her words...
Written by Brittany Lenhart, T2T-I Intern, N.C., U.S. How does a soon-to-be graduate of an International Education program finish up her degree in the best way possible? Let me share with you the answer: she travels to the Galápagos Islands to work...