At the start of this year, a Pennsylvania middle school teacher was chosen among 12 finalists statewide to receive one of the profession's highest honors, and he's been busy since then. Ryan Hardesty, a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Highland Middle School in the Blackhawk School District in Beaver County, has traveled the state to collaborate with other educators, since becoming Teacher of the Year. He believes the goal of education is to meet the needs of the diverse set of learners coming into his classroom, through engaging and rigorous work to push them to reach thei...