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Diana Christian Economics and Business Academy Boston, Massachusetts Since making a mid-career switch to teaching, Diana Christian has become a leader in science curriculum revision and school reform. Formerly a medical technologist at a local hospital, she became a teacher in 2001 and has since excelled at bringing a top-rate science program to what was a troubled, urban high school. Ms. Christian has increased college acceptances, improved attendance, enhanced student learning, and built students' self-confidence -- all with an at-risk population of minority and low-income students. |
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Barbara Dorritie Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Cambridge, Massachusetts From the search for microbial life in the oceans to the search for extraterrestrial life in the skies, Barbara Dorritie brings a passion for science to her classroom. A teacher of both physics and biology, Ms. Dorritie organized a community science night as part of the Science Fair, and has been recognized as an excellent inquiry-based science teacher. Ms. Dorritie's work reaches far beyond the Boston area; having conducted research and taught in such locales as Argentina and Costa Rica, she has made the world her classroom. |
