50 great teachers

Students are told to hold a knife like they're shaking a hand, and to hold the pepper with their fingers curled into a bear claw.

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How A Great Teacher Cultivates Veggies (And Kids) In The Bronx — In 17 Photos

6:41pm January 19, 2016

Science teacher Stephen Ritz and his students live in a food desert. His solution: Grow 100 bags of fresh fruits and vegetables a week — in the classroom.

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Sam Venable teaches music at Langston Hughes Elementary in New Orleans.

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Hot Jazz, Cool Teacher: How One New Orleans Man Fosters Greatness

11:30am June 14, 2015

by Sami Yenigun

For struggling students, music can often be what keeps them going. The same is true for this New Orleans band director.

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Rodney Carey (left) with students at the Youth Empowerment Project in New Orleans.

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From Bail Bondsman To Teacher

6:40pm June 06, 2015

by Anya Kamenetz

Rodney Carey has been on the other side of the street in New Orleans. He's trying to get his students to come back.

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