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With a teacher like me, ‘Would I have turned out better?’

The Hechinger Report

We’re not trying to force anyone into teaching,” said Kristyna Jones, who co-founded BE2T in 2014. Those destined to be teachers will enter the classroom and find their purpose in the classroom, Jones believes. We are often stereotyped as having ‘good classroom management,’” Green said. “So

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Former educators answer call to return to school

The Hechinger Report

She taught English for 33 years — 14 of them in Jackson Public Schools — before retiring in 2014 to take care of her disabled son. Many of the students hail from economically disadvantaged households; 78 percent of the students in the school system qualify for free or reduced meals. She was widowed in 2013, and lost her son in 2015.