NPR: The National Teachers Initiative

"I think there is no higher calling than being a public school teacher in this country," StoryCorps founder Dave Isay tells Weekend Edition Sunday host Audie Cornish.

"Teachers are feeling under attack and underappreciated," Isay says. "We want to do our part over the next year to turn that around."

StoryCorps, the American oral history project on NPR, is conducting a new project for the academic year called the National Teachers Initiative, to feature conversations with teachers across the country — teachers talking to each other, students interviewing the teachers who changed their lives, and more. To read their stories, please visit NPR.

Official Press Release!

The official FourTeachers Project press release is now available. To download, please click here.

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Melody Barnes on the Daily Show

In this unedited, extended interview, outgoing White House Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes reviews her work in education reform:

This interview outlines everything FourTeachers Project and The Desk is trying to do!

Second Media Coverage!

Check out this coverage on FourTeachers Project and our StartSomeGood fundraising campaign on The StartSomeGood Blog!

Contributing to Teacher Effectiveness With The Desk

"Effective teaching is rooted in effective planning and, unfortunately, many teachers feel alone in the world of planning. This reality presents an opportunity to innovate the lesson planning system. Four Teachers Project is taking advantage of this opportunity by proposing a web-based application known as The Desk to create a community of teachers with access to planning tools, idea sharing, peer editing, and much more. With The Desk, teachers no longer have to feel alone. They will have access to great ideas and tons of creativity. With this kind of support, teachers around the nation would be planning more effective lesson plans and consequently reaching more children than ever before.." Read More

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StartSomeGood Video Outtakes

Hopefully you've already seen our StartSomeGood.com Campaign video. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly that didn't make the cut. Note: Randy is holding an HEB brand sparkling water.