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 one year of substitute teaching in the Champaign-Urbana area, Jessica Roberts found her teaching home 15 years ago when she accepted a position at Unity East Elementary School in Philo, ...

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 like teaching the little ones because they have so much energy and they are so excited and they love their teachers and ...

Our Golden Apple award-winning teacher is first-grade teacher Mandy Barrick from Daphne East Elementary. She was in the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...