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CLINTON, Ind (WTWO/WAWV) - As Black History Month comes to a close, we want to share another story of a woman who set the stage for women of color in the education field. Pearl Nisbett was the first African-American teacher in Clinton, Indiana where she started her career in 1970. She said she originally planned [...]

VERMILLION COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) - The South Vermillion Community School Corporation hosted a community meeting to discuss the future of its three ...

Syracuse City School’s Eva Williams named New York’s elementary school principal of the year Updated May 02, 2021; Van Duyn Principal Eva Williams has been named the 2021 New York State Elementary Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State. Williams was chosen for her “commitment to excellence, her dedication to meeting the academic and social needs of her students, and her connections with staff, families and the greater community,” according to a press release from the Syracuse City School District. “In her eight years leading Van Duyn Elemen...

All of Van Duyn Elementary School in Syracuse, New York, went eerily quiet. On that cold November afternoon in 2019, there was no sound in the school’s hallways except for the echoing of footsteps, going door to door between classrooms. Students and teachers crouched in the corners of the rooms, concealed by darkness. One young girl covered her mouth with her hands to prove she was keeping quiet. Michael Thompson, assistant director in the Syracuse City School District’s Security Department, unlocked one of the doors and peeked into a third-grade classroom where some students huddled behi...