Teays Valley West Middle School teacher shows why students matter
"It’s truly one of the top things I’ve ever done as an educator,” math teacher Mark Louks said.
Author: Bryant Somerville
Updated: 5:40 PM EST January 28, 2021
COMMERCIAL POINT, Ohio — Inside Teays Valley West Middle School a question is presented to sixth grade math teacher Mark Louks.
“Ah, man,” he said. “That’s a tough question.”
To appreciate his eventual answer you have to understand “the why.”
It came from his students.
“Just the answers we got were phenomenal,” he said.
Last February, Louks heard about something that happened at a middle school in London, Ohio. It was a campaign called Why You Matter where students voiced their own truths.