OpinionNicholas Kristof

Where the Teacher Is a Hero

Crystal BarnesCredit...Tamara Reynolds for The New York Times

Opinion Columnist, reporting from a road trip from Oklahoma to Kentucky.

Crystal Barnes teaches high school biology in Pine Bluff, Ark., and in March she had a student who kept falling asleep in class.

Barnes could have scolded the girl, sent her to the principal’s office or simply let her fail. Instead, she asked........

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