The Brevard Teacher of the Year will be named Thursday during an event at the Radisson Resort in Cape Canaveral.

Wordell, who had been a finalist for the teacher slot on Challenger, worried about his students. "It will scar them. It will take a long time to get over such a personal tragedy." In Florida ...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after it was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in just 73 seconds which claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy ...

Florida's Teacher of the Year was Jaime Suarez, a mathematics teacher at Challenger K-8 School of Science and Mathematics in Hernando County. A total of 94 Brevard educators are expected to be ...