Bellingham educator named state's top teacher

A middle school teacher from Bellingham, who works with students just learning to speak and read English, is the 2014 teacher of the year in Washington state.
Katie Brown has taught at Shuksan Middle School for 11 years. Two years ago she became the English Language Learning specialist at the school, so she now coaches teachers and works with students one-on-one in addition to teaching in her own classroom.