Teach Plus Fellow Fatima Rich writes an op-ed piece about teaching and being a part of NBC's "Education Nation" project. Rich is a teacher at Greenbriar Elementary in Washington Township. Teach Plus was founded by The Mind Trust's Fellow Celine Coggins.

Indianapolis Teacher of the Year James Larson shares his thoughts about participating in the first ever "Education Nation" event sponsored by NBC News. Mr. Larson is a teacher at the Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School and one of Teach Plus' Indianapolis Teaching Policy Fellows. Teach Plus was founded by The Mind Trust's Fellow Celine Coggins.

Indianapolis Star columnist Matt Tully praises Fellow Earl Martin Phalen for the "remarkable results of the Summer Advantage USA program he brought to Indianapolis last year" and calls The Mind Trust "a groundbreaking local education reform organization."

"On Thursday, state education officials and school district leaders joined Weah in lauding Summer Advantage USA, a five-week program with a research-based curriculum designed to eat away at summer learning loss."

The Boston Globe reports on how Teach Plus, the initiative founded by Education Entrepreneur Fellow Celine Coggins, is training urban teachers to be leaders and sending them in teams into underperforming schools across the nation.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiles The Mind Trust and the role it is playing in spurring education innovation in Indianapolis.