education

Furman graduate named Teacher of Year

Eric Tornfelt, a 2003 Furman graduate who teaches civics and economics at Mallard Creek High in North Carolina, has been named Teacher of the Year for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Tornfelt received his B.A. degree in political...

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Svec presents papers at National Science Teachers Association

SPRING, 2012 Michael Svec presented two papers at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Indianapolis, including "Evolving elementary science teaching: Inclusion of students with special needs" with Judy Stuart. In April, Svec presented a...

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The class project

When Jason Terrell ’12 began teaching English at James Martin middle school in Charlotte a few years ago he noticed something both interesting and disturbing—the diversity of the student body did not reflect the diversity...

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