Touchstones Spotlight on Keith Eaton, 2022 Teacher of the Year: Listening “Below the Surface”
By: Lysithia Page, Social Media Manager Keith Eaton, the 2022 Geoffrey J. Comber Touchstones Teacher of the Year, has taught at Mount Desert Island
Touchstones Democratizes Education
Touchstones Democratizes Education By Howard Zeiderman, Co-Founder and Director of Leadership Programs ‘Touchstones democratizes education.’ Rick Vanosdall, Dean of the College of Education
Touchstones is Transformative: 2022 Summer Intern Tells All
My experience as an intern at Touchstones this summer was rich and fulfilling. I tried my hand at a variety of new projects: volunteering
The History of Touchstones Prison Programs
In the mid 1990’s, Touchstones was invited by a group of men serving life sentences at the Maryland House of Corrections to come
Celebrating Our Teacher of the Year
By Brittany Usiak Colin Hogan, the 2021 Geoffrey J. Comber Touchstones Teacher of the Year, serves as Head of School at the Learning Community
Listening to Women
By Debra Valentine The first discussion of this new program will be on works by American author Kate Chopin, pictured here. Our syllabus
A Shared Enterprise
By Matteo Burrell Starting in the fall of 2020, I was very fortunate to begin participating in the Exploring American Perspectives (EAP) Leadership program
Face-to-Face
By Stefanie Takacs Master’s students in small groups in their recent Touchstones workshop at UNLV Managing challenges during COVID has been
A Culture of Learning
By Brittany Usiak I chose to work in education because I am driven by a love of learning, and I believe in the power
New Team Members
By Samantha Duckworth In August, Touchstones welcomed two new members to its staff: Brittany Usiak and Samantha Duckworth, the second being myself. Brittany is
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