As mushers race to Nome, a Chicago educator will teach on the trail

Annie Kelley is the Teacher on the Trail for the 2017 Iditarod (Photo: Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)The Iditarod trail won’t be full of just mushers: a teacher will be following along as part of a yearly program.
For two years, Annie Kelley, of St. Andrew’s School in Chicago has been preparing for a new type of lesson plan.
“My job is to fly out on the trail in little planes and report back to classrooms across the country that are using the Iditarod as a teaching tool,&rd