Cassidy Elsner is an extraordinary first-grade teacher who goes above and beyond to create a nurturing, supportive, and safe environment for her students. Her dedication is unmatched, ...

She’d need to take her first sick day as a teacher, but it wasn’t just a matter of sending a quick email and crawling back ...

Teacher of the Month is Ms. Shannon Wewers, a first grade teacher at Jonesboro Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School.

Allyson Taft is proud to be teaching in the same Wake County school district that educated her. She proudly displays her own first-grade picture right outside her classroom at Davis Drive Elementary.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Jenna McNulty woke up at 3:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning with a 102-degree fever and chills.