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Calvin Harper

Former hairstylist followed unusual route to educating students at a school library in Virginia

In November 1785, Scottish poet Robert Burns was out plowing spent crops into a field to enrich the ...

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Tennessee prison educator’s knack for IT led to his unexpected career path

Tennessee, the heartland of country music, is one of the most beautiful places in the world to visit. The State derives its name from the Cherokee village of “Tanasi” (“where the waters meet”) and is one of ...

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Pennsylvania IT instructor uses math and writing tool that’s to dice for

It was a simple plan: track down some rogue goblins that had been raiding farms in the province and put an end to them. It was a good plan, and, like most plans, it fell …

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With her family in a different state, Ohio teen wrapping up high school on her own

I recently spoke with an IT instructor who told of trying to convince a female student to repair …

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Ohio tech teacher followed his passion for cybersecurity into the classroom

The Greek philosopher Plutarch described the process of educating young people "not as a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." The essence these wise words is that educating ...

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Pennsylvania teenager's can-do attitude is driving his IT ambitions

According to federal government statistics, 20 percent of Americans have some degree of hearing loss. The strongest predictor of hearing loss is age — 91 percent of people 50 and older suffer from ...

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Wisconsin high school senior is a star student, superior swimmer, and IT support sensation

Decades ago, while I was training for my first parachute jump, my fellow first-timers ...

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At 49 years and counting, Arkansas educator is the Energizer Bunny of business teachers

When it comes to the beauty of the great outdoors it's hard to beat the Ozark Mountains ...

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Longtime Utah tech teacher got her first exposure to IT in high school

Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón wrote that "destiny doesn't make house calls; you have to go for it." Going for it is a great way to describe Linda Brown, a veteran computer science and information ...

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