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Podcast: Teachers in America
Episode: 2019 National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson
Description: Rodney Robinson is the 2019 National Teacher of the Year and Virginia Teacher of the Year. He is a teaching veteran with nearly two decades of experience. In 2015, in an effort to better understand the school-to-prison pipeline, Rodney started teaching social studies at the Virgie Binford Education Center, a school inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center. Now, he uses the knowledge he has gained from his students to develop alternative programs to prevent students from entering the school-to-prison pipeline.Rodney earned a Bachelor of arts in history from Virginia State University and a master’s in educational administration an...