EDUCATION - 2012 Teacher of the Year Speaks Out

"2012 Teacher of the Year on What Helps Teachers and Students Succeed" PBS Newshour 9/26/2012

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GWEN IFILL (Newshour): Now, to another of our American Graduate reports.

This week, the NewsHour is offering a series of stories and interviews about the nation's high school dropout crisis.

Ray Suarez talks with the nation's top teacher.

RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): How do you engage children, reduce the chances they will drop out and increase their chances of success?

Tonight, we put some of those questions to the Council of Chief State School Officers' 2012 teacher of the year, Rebecca Mieliwocki. She joins me now from Burbank, California, where she teaches seventh grade English at Luther Burbank Middle School.