YES Stories

Donna had no idea that she wanted to be a teacher when she started at Yale. In fact, she planned to major in chemistry and go to graduate school.

Yale Education Studies student Eda Uzunlar (‘23) educated Washington Post readers about the “evil eye” in Middle Eastern North African communities. 

Josie Steuer Ingall is a co-author on a paper published with Dr. Mira Debs and others on the history of recent school integration efforts in New York.

Yale alum and New York City science teacher Elissa Levy was featured in Chalkbeat NY.

Olivia Sally’s experience in the YES community “has been phenomenal.”

We are honored to announce a gift of $2.5 million from an anonymous donor.

Michael Martinez (‘21) moderated a conversation with Joanne Golann, author of Scripting the Moves: Culture & Control in a “No-Excuses” Charter School.

“My interest in education and anti-bias anti-racism (ABAR) teaching as a career began in college,” Jenny recounts.

Because education is a broad field, Sasha found the EDST Certificate to be a great opportunity to dive into her specific passions.

“I’m not really sure what the future holds,” Beka says, “but I hope to do work in education that empowers the communities that I am part of and love.”