CARROLL CO., Tenn, -- "If it makes it to the kitchen table, I feel like I've done my job," said 5th grade science teacher, Lori McClain. Experiments in McClain's class capture her students attention…
MARTIN, Tenn. -- Erica Myers' 3rd grade class is full of activities that keep her students moving, reading and even singing all day long. Max Kilburn, one of her students, said, "she's fun,…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- It's time to introduce this week's Tennessee Education Lottery Educator of the Week. Leslie Emerson will now be eligible for the statewide Tennessee Education Lottery Educator of the Month award.…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- Amy Neilson said, "when I leave and go home in the afternoon, normally I 'm smiling and I 'm laughing and I think about the fun things that we've done…
JACKS CREEK, Tenn. -- "Throughout life I had always said, from a little girl, that I wanted to be a kindergarten teacher," said Carrie Cherry a kindergarten teacher at Jacks Creek Elementary School.…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- "I know it's a cliché, but you can feel like you make a difference," Teresa Nichols said. "That's the best part about it. You can feel like you make a difference." Nichols…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- Nancy Sims is a 3rd grade teacher for East Elementary School in Humboldt, the same school she attended as a child. "I am actually a product of the Humboldt City School…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Karen Morganti has been working in the classroom for almost 30 years. "I just love children. I've worked with them since I was in high school," said Morganti. "I…
CHESTER COUNTY, Tenn. -- "You know as a teacher you're making such a profound impact on so many student's lives," said Cathy Whitehead a 3rd grade teacher at West Chester Elementary…
ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. -- Wendy Bowers became a teacher a little later in life. She went back to school in her 30s to obtain her teaching license and says she did so to…
