Teacher-powered schools are putting educators in the driver's seat

Julie Cook was “crushed,” ready to quit teaching. She decided to give it one more chance, accepting a new job at Souderton Charter School Collaborative — a “teacher powered school” — in Southeast Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County.

Today, she’s a teacher ambassador for the national Teacher Powered Schools Initiative. “I was invited to create, decide, collaborate, and lead,” she now says. “I no longer felt crushed.”