A Massachusetts educator has just become the first Black male teacher to win the state’s Teacher of the Year award. De’Shawn Washington, who teaches fourth grade at Maria Hastings Elementary School in Lexington, Massachusetts, received the honor at a rally in front of his students and colleagues. “You’ve made the work joyous for me over the… Continue reading De’Shawn Washington Becomes The First Black Man To Receive Massachusetts’ State ‘Teacher Of The Year’ Award
Kelly Goldsmith and Leigh Gilchrist were announced as faculty director and inaugural associate faculty director, respectively, of the Ingram Scholars Program on Sept. 22. Goldsmith and Gilchrist’s terms will begin Jan. 1, after current faculty director Brian Heuser concludes his second term and returns to his faculty role in Peabody College. Goldsmith is a professor.