Overview
- The recognition was announced Tuesday at a school assembly, marking the first time a Lowell Public Schools educator has received the state award.
- Selected from roughly 200 nominees, Dr. Tara Goodhue now represents Massachusetts in the Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Teacher of the Year program.
- Goodhue’s students take part in hands-on environmental work, including raising endangered turtles and launching a schoolwide recycling effort, through partnerships with local conservation groups.
- She serves as head of Lowell High’s science department, joined the school in 2022, has 25 years of classroom experience, and holds a doctorate from UMass Lowell.
- Goodhue credited her students with helping craft her application lesson video, and the $10,000 prize will fund upcoming projects in the school’s science department.