Teacher Offers Incentives For Good Behavior

Atlanta - Ada Rogers mesmerizes kids when she reads aloud to them.  It's one reason she's won 11Alive's Class Act Award.

Teacher Gets Little Kids Rocking

Atlanta - It's more than just looking at the students that offers a glimpse at the global perspective of Stripling Elementary in Gwinnett County. It's teacher Merle Soodyall.

Teacher: Today's Kids Verbal , But Not Conversational

Atlanta - Karen Bliss is in her 44th year of teaching little ones and she can't imagine doing anything else.

Class Act Teacher Gets $200

Health Care Projected to Cost More After Overhaul

A new government forecast says the nation's health care tab will go up -- not down -- as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul.

Animal Shelter Fund Raising Set Back By Thieves

A Lamar County animal shelter's fund raising ability took a big hit when thieves stole a trailer they used at street festivals. The trailer and equipment in it are worth about $8,000.