Classroom Heroes

Classroom Heroes: D.C. Performer Teaches With Song And Dance

Posted 05.25.2011

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Paige Hernandez has found a profession for herself mixing two crafts, teaching and performing arts. She is a teaching artist, an actress and dancer wh...

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Classroom Heroes: Agriculture Teacher Adewale Alonge Cultivates Global Citizens

The Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed. note: An earlier version of this story, based on interviews with Alonge, indicated that he taught his Ajifolokun 20 years ago. Alonge later rememb...

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Classroom Heroes: Retired Air Force Major Michael Weiland Gives His Students Wings

The Huffington Post | Lauren Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Michael Weiland's social studies class learns about Thomas Edison, they listen to an authentic wind up phonograph. When it's time for a lecture o...

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Classroom Heroes: NY Math Teacher Howard A. Stern Uses Ingenuity To Overcome Failure Statistics

The Huffington Post | Susan S. Sawyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard A. Stern is a public school teacher at DeWitt Clinton High School, the third-largest high school in the New York City and one of the largest in...

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Classroom Heroes: Math Teacher Adam Gray's Equation For Success (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Monument High School (MHS) in South Boston has just under 400 students. In the past three years, MHS has had the fourth-highest drop out rate and th...

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Classroom Heroes: Former NYPD Cop Keeps Teens Inspired, Off The Streets

The Huffington Post | Lauren Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anthony Mullen's thick Bronx accent and tough demeanor gave him his street cred for the 20 years that he patrolled New York City as a cop. The 50-year...

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Classroom Heroes: Rafe Esquith's Mission To Share Shakespeare With His Students

The Huffington Post | Erica Liepmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sir Ian McKellen and the members of England's Royal Shakespeare Company sat in rapt attention inside an inner-city Los Angeles classroom. They watche...

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Classroom Heroes: Harriett Ball Sings Students To Success (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Erica Liepmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four years ago, Connie Walthall and her son Tony knocked on the door of Harriett Ball's Texas home. The young man and his mother were eager to surpri...

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