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Kyair Butts

Kyair Butts is the 2019 Teacher of the Year for Baltimore City Public Schools. He teaches Grade 7 English language arts at Henderson Hopkins Partnership School.

Kyair Butts

Teacher Engagement Professional Development High-Quality Curriculum

Why I Spend My Summer Teaching Teachers

August 9, 2022
As the sun set on a truly special school year, I was preparing for what my next steps were. Typically, teachers spend their summers either turning...
English Curriculum Diversity

A Blueprint for Breaking Barriers

January 23, 2021
On October 26, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. posed a profound yet simple question to a group of junior high school students: What is your life’s...
Diverse group of teachers and students engaged in ELA curricula
Literacy Diversity

Diversity in English Language Arts Curricula

January 23, 2021
Great Minds® asked Kyair Butts, the 2019 Teacher of the Year for Baltimore City Public Schools, why diversity in English language arts curricula,...
Distance Learning

Kyair Butts on Making Distance Learning Work

April 24, 2020
Great Minds® checked in with Baltimore City Public Schools Grade 6 teacher and 2019 Baltimore Teacher of the Year Kyair Butts on how he’s making...

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