“Learning matters when it is personal and when students have an opportunity to use or share what they are learning and what they know,” wrote IEL senior fellow and former president Martin J. Blank in two blogs about the teaching of Judy Ellsesser and Cyndy Hykes at South Webster High School, in South Webster, Ohio. The two teachers’ approach to teaching and learning uses the community as text for engaging students in meaningful lessons that explore the drivers and developing solutions to combat the opioid crisis. Their work was recently featured by NPR and shared via IEL’s Appalachian Higher Education Network. READ MORE…