This story is part of an ongoing series of profiles by NorthJersey.com celebrating K-12 teachers whose colleagues have recognized them for making a difference to their students and their profession, ...

Few elementary education programs give future teachers enough exposure to foundational math concepts, like number sense and algebraic reasoning, before they reach the classroom. That’s the upshot of a ...

Author Robert Fulghum famously wrote, “All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten.” But the pandemic meant that many students missed that pivotal school year or experienced a more disrupted ...

Johnson was one of five teachers in Oregon who received the most recent award, which was given to educators nominated in 2021, 2022 or 2023. It includes a certificate signed by former President Biden, ...

Teachers draw maps to visualize directions described in a picture book. Spatial awareness is a key early math concept. Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

As a girl, Kylie Altier struggled in school. Nervous and shy, she had trouble reading — dyslexia, she learned. “I just really felt like I wasn’t that smart or special,” she remembers. Her first grade ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Roxanne Russo taught first grade in the same classroom at the same school for 41 years because the Middleborough ...

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