Teachers make a difference
Students and staff of Pocomoke Middle School are this week celebrating the success of one of their own as the county’s 2007 Teacher of the Year. »
Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2007
Wednesday, Apr. 18, 2007
Thanks to teachers, From worst to first
Waterford High School’s motto is “worst to first,” and that’s just what students have done since the campus opened six years ago. »
Monday, Apr. 16, 2007
Golden Apples honor top educators
Room 315 of Senior High looks as much like an art studio as a classroom. The white dry-erase boards have detailed drawings of sea life and humans, and the directions penned on the board look as if they were done by an expert illustrator. »
Middle school science teacher wins award
This week, Alisa Smits, life science teacher at Fremont Middle School, will help 108 seventh-graders dissect sheep eyes into various parts — cornea, lens, retina and all. »
Thursday, Apr. 12, 2007
St. Mary’s College to honor 89-year-old biology professor
Lawrence Cory peers intently into a burbling stream under a canopy of oaks, then jumps to the other side, looking for salamanders. »
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2007
Teaching students to think
Janet Glancy knows when her students need a change of scenery. »
Four named Teachers of the Year
Lisa Braren stood in front of about 10 children dressed in Hawaiian shirts, top hats and canes. »
Monday, Apr. 9, 2007
Pine Teacher Gets Hero Award
The gym teacher who helped disarm a 14-year-old boy in a shooting at a Reno middle school last spring has been named the Red Cross Hero of the Year for northern Nevada. »
Teacher’s unique way of educating inspires students
Ashley Currie, Brock Country Day Early Education Center teacher, is planning on letting one of her students cut her hair. »
Monday, Mar. 26, 2007
At 75, ‘I Love the Art of Learning’
Maria Patti just can’t stop teaching. »
At 89, beloved St. Mary’s professor is no idle fossil
Lawrence Cory peers intently into a burbling stream under a canopy of oaks, then jumps to the other side, looking for salamanders. »
Thursday, Mar. 22, 2007
Teachers honored with ‘Golden Apple’ awards
If it hadn’t been for a nasty dog bite, teacher Melinda Wilson would not have been standing in front of her dance class Wednesday holding a basket of apples. »
Friday, Mar. 16, 2007
Science with a ‘Boom’
“The Boom” is bouncing around the classroom like an overgrown kid. With his bushy gray eyebrows and mad scientist’s grin, he’s demonstrating the density of methane to 25 rapt teenagers at San Lorenzo Valley High School. »
Friday, Feb. 23, 2007
A lesson learned from these award-winning teachers
Stephane Cote has already spent $11,000 of his own money to develop innovative programs for his students at Ecole primaire Lalande in Roxboro. »
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007
Top teacher honored
Palm Vista Elementary School third-grade teacher Jennifer Smith was taken completely by surprise on Tuesday, Feb. 13 when she became one of three California teachers awarded the $25,000 Milken National Educator Award for 2006. »
Monday, Feb. 19, 2007
Substitute teacher saves Somers student from choking
Mabelle B. Avery Middle School art teacher Elizabeth Abbott has been in unsettling situations before, but none like what she encountered Wednesday Feb. 7 just as third period class ended. »
Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007
He’s not ‘just a regular classroom teacher’
Rafe Esquith’s classroom is dingy and cluttered, but it hardly matters. Within seconds inside it, it becomes clear why Esquith has been anointed as one of those magical teachers who propels his poor, immigrant students to impossible heights. »
Honored teacher inspires readers
It’s never too late to follow your dreams. For living proof, look no farther than Emily Simpson, West Pender Middle School reading teacher and Pender County Educator of the Year. »
Monday, Jan. 22, 2007
Teacher Of The Year Connects With Her Students
A middle school teacher from Estes Park was named the Colorado Department of Education’s 2007 Teacher of the Year. »
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007
Teacher earning national acclaim
It has been an eventful few months for Andrea Peterson. »
Teacher honored with Unsung Hero award
Robert Griffith, a longtime teacher at Nashoba Regional High School, recently received an “Unsung Hero” award from St. Michael’s College of Vermont. Passionate about his subject matter and known for his positive attitude and quick wit, Griffith, a Clinton resident, has taught psychology at Nashoba for 13 years, and before that, taught English at Emerson School for eight years. »
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007
Legend of ‘Frau Vogt’ earns state recognition
In Room 1108 on the basement floor of Fayette County High School, Mechthild Vogt begins her first class as she has every day for the past 30 years. »
Monday, Jan. 15, 2007
Lessons from the Teacher Man
From tales of his 30 years teaching in New York City schools to the public’s indifference toward teachers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former teacher Frank McCourt’s lighthearted and humorous talk yesterday to students in the Teacher Education Program, one of 13 master’s programs at the Ed School, left an impression. »
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007
The Glamour of Grammar
At 7 a.m. one morning toward the end of fall term, Duncan McDonald sits in his office with pictures of family and friends, a pile of newspapers, class assignments and copies of his books. »
Top Teacher Barbara Bryant
There is always some type of fun activity in Barbara Bryant’s third grade class at St. Francis Cabrini School in Savannah. »
Monday, Jan. 1, 2007
Paying It Forward
Griswold Middle School’s Tedeschi returns teacher’s favor with his current students »
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006
Teacher is honored
When Terry Piumetti isn’t teaching, she spends her weekends at school mentoring students who are interested in learning about the law — and now she’s being honored for it. »
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006
Teachers donate to ‘Locks of Love’
The group of women who left Salon Seven in Crest Hill with sleek bobs Monday night were intimately aware of the importance of hair to a girl. »
Friday, Nov. 17, 2006
Prized teacher challenges students
Class begins on this day like any other. Robert “Bob” Pontious, English instructor at Brunswick Community College, cheerfully enters the classroom carrying a big stick over his right shoulder, a folder under his arm and an Ohio State University mug in his free hand. Pontious is about to do what he does best: teach. »
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006
Teachers honored with money, respect
Paul Hatcher knows how to coach. His Lee High School team holds the state record of 85 consecutive wins, but his outstanding record happens outside the basketball court as well. Hatcher, like nine other Dawbarn Award winners, presented by the Community Foundation of the Blue Ridge at Wednesday evening’s annual ceremony, also knows how to inspire — how to take a raw grain and help it blossom. [What Great Teachers Do Differently: Fourteen Things That Matter Most] »