TAF Academy Replicates Best Practices
This year TAF Academy is doing what many other nontraditional schools set out to do, but don’t accomplish: replicating best practices. This year TAF Academy has shared our best practices [...]
Model Monday: Mr. Umali’s Hero, Nada Oakley
Nada Oakley – Excellence and Love By: Carlito Umali In my senior Buddhist Philosophy class, I heard my professor say, “You become a teacher because you cannot thank one enough.” The teacher that [...]
TAF Internship, Part II
And that’s a wrap! It’s been such a wonderful summer here at TAF, and I’m so happy to have been able to be a part of it all. I’ve learned a lot about how nonprofits work and how they use [...]
Model Monday: Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell
Erin Gruwell began student teaching in 1994 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. She was assigned to a classroom of low-performing and troubled students. When racism became [...]
Luversa Sullivan – An Education Hero Who Changed Lives
The late Luversa Sullivan is one of my education heroes. Luversa was one of those rare people you meet in your life and you think “saint”. She left this earth too soon. The gift and legacy she [...]
With Reading You Can Go Places!
I have had the pleasure to cross paths with many unsung heroes that have promoted reading as the key to opening many doors to success. One hero that I would like to point out today is retired [...]
How my Grandpa inspired me
My Education hero is my grandfather, Harold W. Crain who always had a smile on his face! I’ve always been amazed at what he accomplished and his intelligence. Through his actions and willingness [...]
Model Monday: Marva Collins
Marva Collins is a hero for her influence and activism in education. Collins was born in Alabama in 1936. She eventually worked as a substitute teacher in Chicago where the deficiencies in the [...]
