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OPRF's Tyrone Williams brings history 'into Technicolor'

OPRF teacher Tyrone Williams Jr. has been named the 2023 Illinois History Teacher of the Year by the New York-based Gilder Lehrman Institute, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to K-12 history education.As teacher of the year, Williams receives a $1,000 cash payment, a core archive of books on American history and Gilder Lehrman educational materials, and recognition at a local ceremony. He is also now one of 53 finalists for the 2023 National History Teacher of the Year award.Williams, 49, who is in his 19th year teaching at OPRF, was nominated for the award by OPRF senior Anna Miller and her parents, Amanda and Chris Miller. When she was a sophomore, Miller was in Williams’ AP U.S. History class, and his teaching sparked a passion for history in her. ....

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