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Educator’s Life Story to Air

By Christina A. Samuels — December 01, 2008 1 min read
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The life of Cobb County, Ga., educator Brad Cohen will be the subject of a “Hallmark Hall of Fame” movie scheduled to air at 9 p.m. Eastern time, Dec. 7 on CBS. Mr. Cohen, a former teacher of 2nd and 3rd graders, has Tourette Syndrome, a disorder characterized by physical and vocal tics. He is an area lead teacher in the 106,000-student Cobb County district. The movie, “Front of the Class,” is based on Mr. Cohen’s 2005 book of the same name.

Christina A. Samuels
Senior Writer/Editor,  Education Week
Christina Samuels formerly covered educational equity for Education Week.

A version of this article appeared in the December 03, 2008 edition of Education Week

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