Winning teacher tries to get to know students

CHAMPAIGN – Mallory Morris gets down to business as soon as her students enter her Jefferson Middle School classroom. The day's assignment is on the blackboard, and she quickly reviews what they'll do during class.

"We need to do some vocab review because our quizzes on Monday were abysmal," she says.

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