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In Historic Win, Nationally Recognized Teacher Jahana Hayes Elected to U.S. House

Posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Sarah Schwartz, Education Week
Date: 11/7/2018
Link: Complete Article

Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, has won her race for a U.S. House seat, representing Connecticut’s 5th district. A former high school history teacher and current district administrator, Hayes, a Democrat, will be the first black woman from the state to serve in Congress. In her victory speech Tuesday night in… [Read More]

Follow 15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories

Posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Multiple Authors, USA Today
Date: 10/18/18
Link: Complete Article

It’s shortly after dawn when Edward Lawson, one of America’s 3.2 million public school teachers, pulls his car into the parking lot of Julian Thomas Elementary in Racine, Wisconsin. He cuts the engine, pulls out his cellphone and calls his principal. They begin to pray. Lawson is a full-time substitute based at a school with full-time… [Read More]

Whately teacher selected for Global Learning Fellowship

Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Andy Castillo, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/17/17
Link: Complete Article

WHATELY — Terri Anderson, a Whately Elementary School teacher, is one of 48 public educators nationwide to receive a Global Learning Fellowship with the NEA Foundation this year. “As a result of the fellowship, Anderson will be better equipped to prepare students for global citizenship. Fellows also create valuable global lesson plans for their students… [Read More]

Daughter to receive same civil rights award as mother

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dave Eisenstadter, Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/26/15
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST, MA — Alicia Lopez of Amherst went through school knowing that whatever her life path would be, there was one career she would avoid at all costs — teaching. Both her parents were teachers, and even seeing her mother, Sonia Nieto, win the prestigious Massachusetts Teachers Association Lifetime Civil Rights Award did not convince… [Read More]