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The Philosophy of Education in Practice
By: Reagan Kimzey Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2022 Breakthrough Houston (BTH) was everything I could have ever wanted as a student. The idea of a “Growth vs. Fixed” mindset, which BTH bases its academics on, was something I had never encountered...
From Student to Teacher: Breakthrough Love
By: Mahi Tessema Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, Connect Summer 2022 In 2016, I was accepted into Breakthrough Houston as a student. Within the program, I found a community of mentors and peers that made me want to improve not only as a student, but as a person...
Breakthrough Through the Barrier
By: Xitlali Mujica Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2022 As a young child who primarily spoke Spanish at home, my English skills were not strong. Instead of actually helping me in her classroom to read and understand the English language, my teacher...
Read how your support is building a skilled teacher pipeline
Even before the pandemic, Houston struggled to staff classrooms with skilled teachers. The pandemic increased teacher retirements and contributed to declining enrollments to work in the educational sector. Your support of Breakthrough programs addresses this critical...
Meet Londyn-Taylor
Meet Londyn-Taylor Benjamin, well on her way to becoming a first-generation college student. Last July, Londyn-Taylor participated in Breakthrough’s Summer Program where hundreds of students gained an average equivalent of 4.8 months of learning in Reading and 9.6...
Back to Breakthrough
By: Dorinda Kyeremateng Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, College Bound Summer 2021 “What better way to give back to Breakthrough than teaching for it?” I posed this question to myself earlier this year, and the outcome has been nothing short of magnificent. As...
Breakthrough: See, Say, Do, and Pluses on a Personal Note
By: Andrea Hernandez Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, College Bound Summer 2021 I first heard of Breakthrough Houston in a Zoom session held by my scholarship sponsors in February of 2021. I remember the former Breakthrough Teaching Fellows sharing their stories...
Breakthrough: What it means for myself, my students, and the future of education
By: Randi Avery Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, SJS Summer 2021 The very first time that I heard the name Breakthrough Collaborative, I was a sophomore in college sitting in my Educational Psychology class. Even then, I was so fueled by my passions for...
1, 2, Breakthrough Love!
By: Vincent Lai Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, HISD Summer 2021 At Breakthrough, a kudos is the ultimate way of showing our gratitude for others. It consists of a verbal expression of gratitude, followed by two claps and then a series of actions based on which...
BTH: A Reflective Experience
By: Nathalie Soto Breakthrough Houston Teaching Fellow, Connect Summer 2021 Before joining the Breakthrough Houston team, I had no prior teaching experience. I was anxious to start, but entered the summer with three goals in mind: Becoming open to sharing ideas and...