SOE alum Rodney Robinson: National Teacher of the Year

By Justin Mattingly, Richmond Times-Dispatch
jmattingly@timesdispatch.com

April 24, 2019

Rodney Robinson after being named Virginia Teacher of the Year in October 2018. (Alexa Welch/Times-Dispatch) — VCU School of Education alumnus Rodney Robinson (M.Ed. '11) after being named Virginia Teacher of the Year in October 2018. (Alexa Welch/Times-Dispatch)

VCU School of Education alumnus Rodney Robinson (M.Ed. '11) after being named Virginia Teacher of the Year in October 2018. (Alexa Welch/Times-Dispatch)

Richmond is officially home to the country’s best teacher.

Rodney Robinson, who works in the city’s juvenile detention center, was announced Wednesday as the National Teacher of the Year on CBS This Morning, becoming the first teacher ever from Richmond Public Schools and just the third in Virginia history to claim the title.

“Richmond has a crown jewel,” said Hubert Anderson, a former student of Robinson’s who eventually became a teacher.

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