Inspiring Educators – The 74 America's Education News Source Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:51:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-74_favicon-32x32.png Inspiring Educators – The 74 32 32 America’s Oldest — and Most Adorable — Teacher /article/americas-oldest-and-most-adorable-teacher/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:55:02 +0000 /?post_type=article&p=513643 Agnes “Granny” Zhelesnik may just be the oldest teacher in America. Granny teaches cooking and sewing lessons, makes the costumes for the school play, and loves going to work at The Sundance School in New Jersey.

]]> Meet the Visionary Chicago School Leader Who Just Won a ‘Genius’ Grant /article/meet-the-visionary-chicago-school-leader-who-just-won-a-genius-grant/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:49:51 +0000 /?post_type=article&p=513637 The incredible true story of Juan Salgado, a MacArthur “Genius” who launched two charter schools in Chicago through the organization Instituto Del Progresso Latino. Both schools are housed in the same building, but have unique offerings for the predominantly Latino communities they serve. The 74 visited Chicago in October to learn more about his work.

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