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Welcome to Time To Transform Public School – Part 4! Take a minute to read Part 3 if you haven’t already, then come right back. This edition is primarily for the school [...]

Summer professional development—I know the drill.  I’ve been on both sides of the lectern. In 32 years of teaching, I’ve attended more summer PD sessions than I can count and in 14 [...]

Welcome to Time To Transform Public School – Part 3! Take a minute to read Part 2 if you haven’t already, then come right back. This edition is primarily for public school principals [...]

The stage has been set in Part 1 of the Time to Transform Public Schools series.  If you haven’t read it, take a moment to do so, then come right back to this spot. In this part I’m [...]

On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional, ruling that “separate educational facilities are [...]

Knowing that students learn deeply and are motivated by rich learning that involves authentic, hands-on experiences connected to their content, TAF Academy desires to provide students access to a [...]

On February 1, 2014 TAF Academy held it’s second annual Science Fair. It was however the first time it was an “all school” fair.  It was absolutely fantastic!  It was clear from [...]

Remember back in the 70’s when the song “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” by Nina Simone came out?  It was written in memory of Simone’s late friend Lorraine Hansberry, [...]

TAF has started the process of spreading our academic model (which we call STEMbyTAF) to other public schools in our area.  The first major effort is a partnership with Mount View Elementary [...]

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 [...]