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I Wasn’t Shocked by My Students’ Spelling Mistakes, but by the Fact That They Had Low Expectations for Their Lives

Petya Daneva, founder of “The Academy of Knowledge” in Varna and Teach For Bulgaria alumna, talks about her experience as a teacher and social entrepreneur If you’re looking for a rewarding profession and you feel ready to take on the …

Evelina Who Dared to Make a Career Change in Pursuit of Happiness

The Teach For Bulgaria teacher from Stara Zagora left the corporate world to pursue happiness and found it in the classroom Less than two years ago Evelina Stoycheva’s daily routine reflected her lifestyle of an average corporate employee. She got …

Freedom within Limits in the Classroom: Dilyana Ivanova

 Dilyana Ivanova’s Teach For Bulgaria Journey Helped Her Create the Very First Montessori Classroom in a Municipal Public School Innovations in education When it comes to innovations in education in Bulgaria, the village of Zheleznitsa probably wouldn’t come to mind, …

From Kobe to Dolna Banya or How the English Teacher Plamen Margaritov Revived a Small Town Community

Fast-paced, only in English, and over before you know it. This is how Plamen Margaritov’s English class slipped by at Secondary School “Neofit Rilski” in the town of Dolna Banya. The third graders taught by the 26-year-old teacher could only …

Plovdiv’s Inquisitive Students and Their Teacher

Georgi Stoev’s math classes at Secondary School “Lyuben Karavelov” in Plovdiv can teach us much more than just formulas “If zero is nothing, then why zero times 1 equals zero? Can something capable of changing your direction in life be …

Sometimes teachers have to be kind, but at other times they have to be strict

Konstantina Mavlova, primary school teacher at Primary School “Geo Milev”, Belozem The schoolyard in the village of Belozem is basking in the last warm golden rays of November. The sound of children playing fills the crisp air when one of …