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Tracy Barbay: Being a teacher an important, powerful, rewarding role
You can’t keep Tracy Barbay, 54, out of the classroom. In December 2022, she retired from the Texas ...
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Sarah Schecher: Education has direct impact on economy, safety and quality-of-life of communities
Merryville High School math teacher Sarah Schecher wants to foster a love for the subject in her students. ...
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Ann Lagneaux teaches students to turn negative thoughts into positive ones
Education has become spiritual for Beauregard Parish School Board special education teacher Ann Lagneaux, 61. Driven by a ...
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Karlee Campbell curates a classroom for students where they feel welcomed
Seven years ago, Karlee Campbell, 30, returned to her alma mater South Beauregard High School to give back ...
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Talitha Pitre: Education is helping students become best version of themselves
Talitha Pitre, 42, decided to become a teacher after a stint as a tutor in college. After graduating ...
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Taylor Grey Marcantel: Educators help communities by helping students
Like many teachers, Taylor Grey Marcantel was inspired to become an educator by the great teachers who taught ...
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Teacher Natalie Jordan: ‘Education is the tool students use to break barriers’
Natalie Jordan, 33, has loved literature since she was little. In her Teacher of the Year portfolio, she ...
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Teacher Jennifer Reynolds: ‘We are helping guide and mold the youth of today’
Jennifer Reynolds graduated from McNeese State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Two years ...
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Morgan McKnight: Teaching a social role that has long-term effects
Morgan McKnight, 27, learned from example the ways in which a teacher can affect individual students’ lives. She ...
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Amy Willard: I do a back handspring for the class if they all get an A on a test
Amy Willard, 35, started as a paralegal. Now, she teaches 4th and 5th graders at St. Margaret’s Catholic ...