LAFAYETTE, Ind. — It’s official. After dedicating more than three decades of her life as an educator, with 25 of those years as a first grade teacher at James Cole Elementary, Kelly Curtis officially ...

After teaching preschool for 11 years in the small central Illinois towns of Paris, Bellflower, Saybrook, and Arrowsmith, Carol Bergfield found the classroom where she'd spend the rest of her ...

My first grade teacher Belle Fringer was a larger-than-life individual who made a profound difference in my life. Of course, she is part of a large club. Growing up in Carroll County, I was fortunate ...

In this week's teacher of the week, we head to the Windsor Central School District to highlight elementary school teacher ...

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, ...

"I want them to develop a love of learning that will stay with them for the rest of their lives," Hutchinson said. "I don't want them to settle for anything. So many adults settle at some point in ...

After 14 years in education, I consider myself to be a good reading teacher. Unfortunately, the path to getting where I am today was a long, frustrating journey. Growing up, as the child of two ...

But I was never taught HOW to teach students to read. I landed my first job as a fourth-grade teacher in a suburban district outside of Portland, Oregon. Before the students arrived, I set up a cozy ...