Articles
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Spotlight: Claire Smullen (DC '19)
November 22, 2019Art teacher Claire Smullen has taught students from first grade to 12th, but she loves middle school, a time when “students are trying to figure out how they fit into the world.”
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A Lifelong Student Teacher
October 28, 2019A government grant took Bill Sterrett (VA '08) to Pakistan to collaborate with local educators on middle school STEM projects. He learned as much as he taught.
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A Desert Dispatch: The Road to Abu Dhabi
September 30, 2019After years as a celebrated educator in Tacoma, Nate Bowling (WA ’13) left the U.S. to teach in Abu Dhabi. The biggest difference: resources.
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At Our Dual-Language School, New Immigrants Blossom Into Leaders
September 26, 2019Chris Bessonette's (WY '18) immigrant students flourish at dual-language Munger Mountain Elementary School.
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Our School Feels Like a Family
August 1, 2019In addition to helming her kindergarten classroom at Madison Elementary in Norman, Hailey Couch (OK ’18) also leads the Climate Committee. Its goal: improving staff morale, boosting retention rates and creating authentic connections among students, staff and parents.
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Students’ Research Takes Flight—Into Outer Space
July 30, 2019With guidance from Andrew Franz (NY ’17), four students from Buffalo win a national competition that sends their experiment on the effects of microgravity on bacterial growth to the International Space Station.
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After the Flood: Finding Our New Normal
July 18, 2019Just a few weeks after we surprised Becky Streff (NE ’18) with her Milken Award in North Bend, the Platte River overflowed its banks and flooded the town. As the community came together, the fifth-grade teacher turned the devastating floods into a teachable moment.
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In Nashville, Community Service Starts in Kindergarten
July 16, 2019The Volunteer Corps Club grew out of 2019 Tennessee Milken Educator Shelly Gaughan’s own passion for community service: “It was really important to me to make sure I was providing our kids with meaningful learning opportunities.”
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My First Year as an Assistant Principal
July 12, 2019Since his Milken Award surprise at Smalley Academy in New Britain, Manny Zaldivar (CT ’16) has transitioned from first-grade teacher to administrator. Here, he reflects on his first year as an assistant principal at New Britain’s Chamberlain Elementary School.
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Media Literacy: Teach It Early, Teach It Often
July 10, 2019Students need critical thinking tools to help them discern fake news from real information—and they need it in elementary school. Sarah Compton (WI ’18) shares her approach to teaching media literacy.