How I Teach

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  Why Michigan’s top educator is focused on keeping teachers in the classroom

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  Kelly Cusmano teaches a student leadership class at Rochester High School in suburban Detroit, and those leadership skills may come in handy as she …

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  Second grade was great. Third grade wasn’t. Here’s how it shaped Colorado’s Teacher of the Year.

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  In third grade, Janet Damon had a classroom teacher who made her feel unwanted. She said she doesn’t remember the teacher’s name, probably because …

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  How this Lawrence Township educator inspires a passion for early childhood education

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  When Mary Easley was in high school, she took cosmetology classes at the career center. While she still became a licensed cosmetologist, Easley …

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  She used to work on an active volcano. Now she’s a Colorado teacher.

  chalkbeat.org - Ann Schimke

  Before Jayme Margolin-Sneider became a teacher, she studied volcanoes. At one point, she worked as an interpretive ranger at Mt. Rainier National …

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  This Bronx teacher incorporates materials from his visits to the Frida Kahlo Museum, Machu Picchu, and other stops in his students' home countries.

  chalkbeat.org - Amy Zimmer

  Yan Carlos Mejia sees himself in his students. Mejia, who teaches students learning English as a new language at the Bronx’s Castle Hill Middle …

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  This civics teacher wants her students to see themselves in ‘We the People’

  chalkbeat.org - Erica Meltzer

  Kimberly Huffman’s students sometimes struggle to see themselves in “We the People.” They come to the Wayne County Schools Career Center from 10 …