Social studies teacher Peggy Jackson of New Mexico has just been inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Those of us in the teaching profession are always delighted when one of our colleagues earns a prestigious honor or award. One teacher who has earned recognition recently is Peggy Jackson, a government and US history teacher who hails from Moriarity, Torrance County, New Mexico.

Peggy earned her Bachelor’s degree in English and History from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, in 1963. She earned a Master’s degree in Education from the University of New Mexico, and a second Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of New Mexico in 2007. That university is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Peggy’s lengthy career as an educator has spanned 35 years. Since 1999 she has taught government and US History at Moriarty High School. Previously she taught Honors English at MacArthur High School and Churchill High School from 1965 to 1973. She then accepted a position to teach English at Hope Christian High School, where she worked from 1989 to 1991. From 1991 to 1999, she was a humanities instructor in the Albuquerque Public Schools.

Peggy actively promotes peer teaching in her classroom. When students teach each other, this “empowers them to value their own learning and to accord respect to their peers,” she declares.

Peggy has earned a great deal of recognition for her work in the classroom. In 2005, she was named New Mexico Social Studies Teacher of the Year, and in 2010, she was recognized as the New Mexico Teacher of the Year. In addition to her classroom responsibilities, from 2016 to 2017 she served as the President of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).

To learn more about the National Teachers Hall of Fame, click on this link: NTHF.