Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel ‘Mayor.’ High School Dropout.
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JULY 2, 2019
He is one of 30 international TED-Ed Innovative Educators of 2016. In 2016 he was named Teacher of the Year for Rowan Salisbury Schools, and in 2017 he was named North Carolina’s Southwest Teacher of the Year. While asking him to leave school, the principal told Anthony that he’d be better off getting his GED and learning a trade.
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