Shane Henderson doesn’t stop being an award-winning teacher when class ends at Pittsboro Elementary School.
Henderson’s fourth-grade students are as likely to see their beloved teacher cheering them on at a weekend or after-school event as they are in the classroom. It’s this devotion to his students that helped Henderson recently win the Milken Educator Award, a national recognition that’s been called the “Oscars of Teaching” and comes with a $25,000 prize.
“He’s a phenomenal educator,” Pittsboro Elementary Principal Lemondrè Watson said in an interview. “If we had more educators like Mr. Henderson, then we’d have the best education system possible.”…