Kimberly Poole, who teaches at J. Lupton Simpson Middle School in Leesburg, Virginia, is a Washington Post 2025 Teacher of the Year.

It also gives McCray-Eagles joy to teach gospel choir at Loris Middle School in South Carolina. “I felt that that love and that peace that I got from being in choirs can help somebody else ...

“I love middle school, there’s no grade I would rather teach,” said Emily Skoczen, an English teacher at Chichester Middle School. “I feel like middle school students are still young and ...