We never forget our best teachers–those who imbued us with a deeper understanding or an enduring passion, the ones we come back to visit years after graduating, the educators who opened doors and ...

What distinguishes a great teacher from a merely good one ... Then we have literacy nights, math nights, science nights. For example, on math night parents come and they learn some math activities ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School is a place for serious study. But Tuesday, it was also a place for thunderous applause. “It’s a great opportunity for them to see us smile and having fun. To see ...

When Elsa Kristina Franco received an email in June notifying her that she was the national Amazing Teacher award winner, she thought someone was trying to steal her identity. Each month, the Amazing ...

Linda Powell (right), with son Nik. When Lee High School history teacher Linda Powell nervously called her union longshoreman father from jail that day in 1975, he applauded her, saying, “You stay ...

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As you drive by the newly constructed school on Dundee Road in Winter Haven, it's not difficult to imagine its name might be “Mustard Elementary,” owing to the distinctive second floor exterior color ...