Former Business Owner Leaves Corporate Job for Teaching

One Burney-Harris-Lyons teacher left his past management career to teach eighth grade.  Alex Holman has a MBA and spent most of his life working as a corporate trainer and business owner.  Around five years ago, Holman decided he wanted to stop teaching adults and start teaching children.   He says his biggest goal is to teach them how to find information, how to interact, and how to make decisions.  Reporter Alison Menhart has more on how he uses his past experience in the classroom.

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