Meet Meg Silver — her students changed the way she teaches

COLUMBIANA

Meet Meg Silver, a language-arts teacher in Columbiana’s Middle School.

She recently was honored by the Ohio Council of Teachers of Language Arts with its Outstanding English Language Arts Educator Award for her innovative work. Starting in 2006, Silver threw out the

reading-and-repeating method of teaching that has put many students asleep.

“It’s really important not to teach that way,” she added.

She switched to “a self-guided reading and writing workshop format” for middle school students.

To learn more about her technique, read Friday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.