Alison Kase is a Teach Plus Commonwealth Teaching Policy Fellow. Alison teaches 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts at the West Somerville Neighborhood School in Somerville, Massachusetts, where she also coaches the middle school volleyball team, participates in the school’s Instructional Leadership Team, and champions the school’s Garden Club. Alison earned her BA from Claremont McKenna College and her MEd from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.