Teacher of the year to beleaguered educators: Stand tall

Rebecca Mieliwocki, a seventh grade English teacher from Burbank, Calif., will be honored Tuesday at the White House by President Obama as the 2012 Teacher of the Year. On deciding to become a teacher, she says, "I made a list of the things I needed in my dream job: Be your own boss, work with

Rebecca Mieliwocki, a seventh grade English teacher from Burbank, Calif., will be honored Tuesday at the White House by President Obama as the 2012 Teacher of the Year. On deciding to become a teacher, she says, "I made a list of the things I needed in my dream job: Be your own boss, work with children, try to leave the world better than when you were delivered into it." Mieliwocki, 43, teaches in a racially and economically diverse middle school outside Los Angeles. The school’s students scored above the state average in math and English, according to the most recent data. About 43 percent of the school’s 1,010 students are classified by the state as poor.

The Washington Post, 4/23/2012

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