PROFILES
Tami and Todd Rogers: Second-Generation Student Travel Planners
“Amazing teachers inspire us to dream beyond what we can see. But we didn’t just have a teacher, we had our dad.” – Tami Rogers Siblings Tami and Todd Rogers have both music and travel in their blood. The two spent their early years watching their dad pour his heart...
Students Speak: Confronting Trauma Through Travel
Written by Isabella Kearns, 16 years old, a junior from Selden, New York, for the World Is A Classroom student essay contest. My favorite trip was the Bundy Museum of History and Art in New York City. It was an experience that not only deepened my understanding of the...
Marching Beyond Borders: How Travel Transforms Longmont High’s Band
David Merrill is a band director at Longmont High School in Longmont, Colorado. Merrill travels with his band every other year, usually alternating between a “theme park” destination like Los Angeles or Orlando, and a more cultural oriented location such as New...
From the Classroom to the World: E. Dominic Black’s Excellent Adventure
I’ll admit that when I first found out I’d be chatting with E. Dominic Black, an art teacher at San Dimas High School in San Dimas, California, I knew I was going to have to muster some will to not make a clichéd Bill & Ted reference. But, as soon as Mr. Black...
Barbara Andersen: Helping Students Reach Their Full Potential
Though Barbara Andersen is originally from Germany, having moved to the U.S. when she was nine, she didn’t initially plan to be a German language teacher. Her passion was (and still is) European history, and it was while on a trajectory to becoming a history teacher...
Empowering Students to Lead
Eric Songer embraces music education beyond the typical ensembles. Through his work leading the band at Chaska Middle School West in Minnesota, he has created all kinds of ensembles for students to join and lead, including pop groups, rock/garage bands, mariachi...