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Special Education Doctoral student is Florida’s 2013 Teacher of the Year
When pre-K, special education teacher Alexandre Lopes stood on stage at the 2013 Florida Department of Education/Macy’s Teacher of the Year Award ceremony in Orlando the evening of July 12, he fully expected to hear the name of one the other four Teacher of the Year finalists announced as the winner. Alexandre Lopes, the Florida […]
Read MoreMaths teacher James Whiteley nominated for Pride of Australia Medal
He’s the man who made a difference. When students were ready to drop out of Willetton Senior High School, they decided to try again because of him. When one girl didn’t attend classes because she had depression, he was the one who rang her at home every day to see if she was all right. […]
Read MoreMovie: Children of Life
Mr. Kanamori, a teacher of a 4th grade class, teaches his students not only how to be students, but how to live. He gives them lessons on teamwork, community, the importance of openness, how to cope, and the harm caused by bullying. In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade class in a […]
Read MoreTeacher of Year Davis tries to meet students where they are
Selling cellphones might seem to be a far cry from teaching young children, but Matt Davis, the Attalla school system elementary school teacher of the year, believes his business background is a big asset. “Just like in the business world, you are constantly analyzing what your sales are, if your promotions are working or not,” […]
Read MoreSouth Carolina has 1st male Head Start teacher of the year.
When a young child can identify shapes, colors and numbers, it is like planting a seed to produce good fruit for head start teacher Marcus Tate. Nurturing a seed carefully is a lesson he learned growing up while working on the farm with his grandfather in Cherokee County. Tate, a teacher at Piedmont Community Action’s […]
Read MoreMy Quest to Teach: African American Men and Teaching
The recent news reports about the lack of African American teachers has caused concern that men are not choosing the profession of education. As an African American teacher at an elementary school and third generation educator. I find that effectively teaching African American youth does not rest in having more African American male teachers present […]
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