Fellowships Enable Teachers to Acquire Washington Insights

By Christopher Powers/Education Week

September 16, 2009 - Ed Pastornak, center, talks with Arnold F. Fege of the Public Education Network on Capital Hill last week. The former chemistry teacher came to Washington as part of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, which places math and science teachers in congressional offices and federal agencies for a one-year term. After the fellowship, he took a job with Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif.