Beth Lange proposes a new teaching platform on the forefront of education reform. With educational standards rising, while academic performance is declining, it is time for teachers to regain control of their classrooms. They are the experts in the classroom, just as a lawyer is the expert in a courtroom, and a physician is in the hospital.

Beth Lange graduated with a degree in English Education from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. She began teaching ninth graders at Fremont Junior High. After three years, she earned her Masters of Education from Harvard University, which qualified her to be a principal. She ended up returning to the classroom with one goal: to be recognized as one of the three most influential teachers each of her students would ever encounter. Since then, Beth has taught all levels of high school English for 26-years in both rural and suburban high schools. Her passion for education has been exceeded only by raising her two sons. She still enters her classroom each day with a prayer to be inspired so that she can inspire—and for the stamina and patience to make a difference.​

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