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

Prescription Drug Use on the Rise

Americans are using more prescription drugs than ever before. New data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of folks using five or more prescription drugs jumped 70 percent.

Officer Dies After Swerving to Avoid Dog

Authorities say a Statesboro corrections officer who tried to save an animal's life ended up sacrificing her own.