Press Release
Mississippi Educator Joan Wicker Selected as 2025 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow
Joan Wicker, a History and Mathematics educator at Grenada High School, has been selected as a 2025 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow. She joins educators from across the U.S. and Japan in a year-long professional development program focused on global competency. Through workshops, independent study, mentoring, and an international field study, Wicker will gain valuable insights to bring back to her classroom and community, helping her students succeed in an interconnected world.