Chattanooga teacher Jerry Webb wins $50,000 for education
A Central High School teacher has been awarded $50,000 as part of a national contest to reward teachers who focus on skilled trades.
Jerry Webb, who teaches manufacturing, electrical and plumbing systems at Central, was surprised with the second-place award for teaching excellence Thursday at the school, according to a news release. Webb was one of 15 second-place winners across the nation and the only teacher from Tennessee to win.
The second-place winners will receive $50,000, with $15,000 to the individual teacher to use at his discretion and $35,000 going to the high school to support the winning skilled trades program.
Webb, a 21-year veteran teacher, uses a project-based approach to teaching and learning. His students have designed and created solar-powered chicken tractors and sold them to local farmers, and they've built off-grid, tiny homes for the community.
Bearden High School students collect hundreds of socks for homeless
An East Tennessee business class is taking technology to the community.
Virtual Enterprise students at Bearden High School created a simulated company that has already collected 1,112 donated socks for Knoxville’s homeless shelters.