Education

By Margaret McKinney
Highlands University

A Highlands University education alumna received the New Mexico Milken Educator of the Year Award for her innovative teaching practices and excellence in the classroom.

Second-grade teacher Melissa Kovac, who sometimes dresses up as a bumble bee to engage her students in the importance of working hard together, earned a $25,000 Milken Award. She is among only 35 teachers nationwide to be named for the personal cash award in 2016.

By Marge Eberts and Peggy Gisler

Question: My young son is gifted. He learns early and quickly. He started reading at age 3. He is now in kindergarten, and after 10 weeks of school he is totally bored. I have talked to his teacher; however, our school district does not let children move up a grade level until third grade. I don’t think he will be able to wait for three years. — HELP