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Colleagues Venita Barnette, 53, and Erin Berglind, 31, talk about their love of teaching and the experiences they've had as teachers.

Peyten Dobbs, 29, interviews her friend and colleague Bo Adams, 41, about his education career, the changes in education over the past 20 years, and what education should look like in the future.

Jeffrey N. Golub (67) talks with his respected colleague and former student Michael J. Vokoun (44) about how the teacher training that Michael received is different from that Jeffrey received 20 years earlier. Michael explains to Jeffrey that he has...

Elaine Jirkans (39) and her friend and colleague, Anita Toronyi (41), talk about their friendship, mentorship, and shared memories as former teachers at Renaissance High School in Detroit Public Schools.

Troy Grant (41) talks to his former student, Alexis Saunders (17), about how he started teaching, his educational philosophy, and some of his favorite classroom memories.

Melissa Turnage, 64, tells her niece Juliet "J.P." Hemingway, 38, about her mother, JP's grandmother, Jenny Robertson. Jenny created the Children's Dance Foundation in Birmingham, AL.

Colleagues, Robyn Hrivnatz (33) and Sarah Bauguss (34), talk about their careers in education and why they started teaching. They are technology integration specialists in Katy, TX.

Bill Kantz and former student Anthony Davis talk about their experiences, as coach, teacher and student at Martin Luther King High School.

Mary Allan, 68, interviewed by her son J. Mitchell Allan, 40, about her childhood in rural Minnesota, meeting Mitchell's father, and her award-winning career as an elementary school teacher in California (Mary was named California Teacher of the Year in...

Teaching partners, Margaret Noble (38) and David Stahnke (32), talk about what led each of them to become teachers. Margaret and David also talk about the project that they co-taught in which students at High Tech High were asked to...

Thomas "Tom" A. Dean (67) and his friend and colleague, Robert Burkhardt (71), talk about their career paths to founding Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, the school and center, and former students.

Friends and Colleagues, Thomas Gaffey (29) and Elizabeth Harvey (35), talk about their careers as educators and how they decided to become teachers. They both work at the School of the Future in Philadelphia.

Darwin Peters (26) talks with his friend and colleague, Mike McGarry (30), about their experiences as special education teachers and Milwaukee Teaching Fellows.

Laurence A. Clarke (18) and his former teacher and mentor Joshua Lupher (32), discuss their relationship, their school, and their impact on each other.

Co-workers Jamal Lee, 24, and Nicole Shepard, 30, talk about their early backgrounds, what go them into education, and the passions that fuel their lives.

Greg (59) talks with his daughter Laura (26) about their ecological sustainability work as educators and outdoors teaching across communities in the Ozarks region.

Marquez Guzman (22) and his friend, Michael "Mike" Gotsch (24), talk about their experiences as Milwaukee Teaching Fellows and new teachers in the Milwaukee Public School system.

Friends and colleagues Joanna Fox (55) and Debra Piner (52) talk about how they came to be teachers later in life and their love of teaching.

Content: Amy Lindahl (34) talks with her friend and fellow science teacher Sarah Hall (31) about how to remain excited about teaching and help students to empathize with one another. Amy tells Sarah how she felt when the school she...

Wendy Thomas (47) and Thajilah Olaiya (30) are classroom teachers in Washington D.C. who got to know each other through karate class, and talk about their beginnings as educators and the future of classroom education.

Best friends and colleagues Lee Ann Spillane (45) and Beth Scanlon (41) talk about their mentor Janet Allen, their friendship, and their proudest and most challenging moments as teachers.

Rachel Douglas Swanson (28) talks with her colleague and friend, Brook Carpenter (30), about her student experiences and educational opinions as a middle- and elementary-school teacher in Chicago Public Schools.

Daniel Wolfskehl (41) and Adelene Armenta (15) talk about the relationship that they formed at Ace Leadership High School, being in the classroom environment, and their hopes for the future.

Katharine Wells (27) interviews her colleague Jeffrey T. Anderson (43) about returning to teaching after exploring another career. Jeffrey talks about becoming a Chicago Teaching Fellow and how the high school at which he teaches differs from the one he...

George Drase (48) interviews his former student, Arelys Villeda (23), about her favorite school memories and why she decided to become a teacher. Arelys talks about he favorite and most difficult parts of her job.