It's Educational

Coming in September: Alana talks with charter school teacher April West about the promise and challenges of progressive education.

About Our Guest

April is the humanities teacher at the Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School (BArT).  She has many years of both college and high school teaching experience. She taught writing and cultural studies for four years at The Ohio State University. Most recently, she worked with at-risk youth in an alternative high school program located in southern Vermont. She has a BA from Bennington College with a thematic degree in Social Conflict, an MA in Comparative Cultural Studies from The Ohio State University, and an MAT from Bennington College’s Center for Creative Teaching.

She is an alternative country music enthusiast and has many artistic interests including quilting and the fiber arts, costume design, paper collage, and woodworking. She also has a great interest in local histories and community issues.