Everything seemed perfectly ordinary to Juleen Jenkins-Whall as she sat with her 10th grade chemistry class during a Traverse City West High School assembly —that is, until State Superintendent Mike Flanagan popped in for a video chat, and announced that Jenkins-Whall had just won the prestigious Milken Educator Award. Dubbed by Teacher Magazine as the “Oscars of Teaching,” the award recognizes outstanding work in...
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For the past seven years, special education teacher Kristy Walters has served as an inspiration and role model to her students at Corunna Middle School. To honor her passion and commitment for education,  the district named Walters the 2011 Teacher of the Year. Walters, who earned her bachelor’s (’04) and master’s (’06) degrees in teacher education from the Michigan State University College of Education, was selected for...
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