Category: Teacher Spotlight

We are drowning here

May 9, 2023

by Kathy Seipp, Fourth-grade teacher, Minneapolis, Minnesota I am a teacher, and I am not OK. My students, their families, my fellow colleagues are not OK. School systems are imploding, and we are in crisis. The residual effects of the … Continue reading

Meet 826 Digital’s 2022-2023 Educator Leaders

October 13, 2022

We are pleased to introduce 826 Digital’s inaugural 826 Digital Educator Leaders! These inspiring educators will contribute to the 826 Digital community this year by: engaging in a community of practice; amplifying and celebrating student voices and the resources available … Continue reading

826 Digital Educator Spotlight: Christie Cognevich

August 4, 2019

We’re honored to introduce you to our second 826 Digital Spotlight Educator, Christie Cognevich. Christie is a high school English teacher at Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans, LA! For Christie, sometimes the abundance of creative writing resources online means … Continue reading

Celebrate teacher appreciation week with an 826 Digital educator!

May 3, 2019

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Teachers, we’re endlessly grateful for you here at 826 National, and we’re committed to supporting your crucial work with young writers. It’s why we launched 826 Digital, our pay-what-you-wish online platform that delivers teaching resources from … Continue reading

Jenn De Leon | TEACHER. AUTHOR. CHAMPION.

April 4, 2017

In the spring of 2015, seventh and eighth-grade teacher Jenn De Leon partnered with 826 Boston on their Young Authors’ Book Project (YABP). Her involvement with 826 during this project is explored in this story. As an author herself, Jenn … Continue reading