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title: Teachstone Blog | CLASS & Effective Teaching Strategies | Lisa Rogoff
description: "Lisa earned a dual master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and McDonough School of Business and a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University. Before joining Teachstone, she worked for various nonprofit organizations and government agencies across the education, international development, and conflict resolution fields. At Teachstone, Lisa has merged passion for improving educational outcomes for all children with effective and sustainable business practices. When she’s at work, Lisa plans all our marketing efforts to the last detail, but in her spare time, she loves to travel to weird, random places with zero plans in place. She loves to run, cook, and backpack, and spend quality time with her husband and (mostly) well-behaved dog.\n<p><strong>Favorite Teacher: <em>Mr. Barrett, 4th Grade</em></strong></p>"
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A few months ago, I came upon this article by Christina Quattrocchi at EdSurge. It spoke to so many of the themes we are seeing in professional ...

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Happy New Year!! How did this happen so quickly? Weren’t we just ringing in 2014? Cheers to 15 things to be excited about in 2015!

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