King DJs as Robyn Knight for Hot 103 Jamz in Kansas City, Mo. Barrett Emke for NPR hide caption
Secret Lives Of Teachers So where do they go, all the teachers, when the bell rings at 3 o'clock? Our new series looks at what teachers do when they're not teaching. Artist? Carpenter? Quidditch player?
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When the homebrewing gets good, the teachers turn pro. Kegs of Line 51 beer fill an Oakland warehouse. Eric Westervelt/NPR hide caption
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Susan Sadlowski Garza, a counselor at Jane Addams Elementary, and a supporter canvass the South Side of Chicago. Garza is running for Chicago's City Council. Becky Vevea/WBEZ hide caption
The Patriots cheerleaders perform in the first half against the Indianapolis Colts in the 2015 AFC Championship game. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption
Elementary teachers Nicola Berlinsky, Joanie Pimentel and Lisa Pimentel perform as the punk band No Small Children. Michael Dann hide caption
Smalls shown competing in the Miss Texas pageant. Courtesy of BluDoor Studios hide caption
Mike Lindstrom checks the profile of a guitar he's building in his basement workshop. Courtesy of Mike Lindstrom hide caption
Nina Park, also known as Elle L. Cool Jam, is a member of the Cosmonaughties roller derby team in the Boston Derby Dames league. Kayana Szymczak for NPR hide caption
On Mondays, Monica Shah is the DJ for a fitness class in Washington, D.C. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Vickie Walker, a special education teacher and bartender, looks forward to a day when she can wake up on the weekends with nothing to do. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Teacher Joshua Weinstein at the controls of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk above northern New Jersey. He says he had wanted to be a pilot since he was in first grade. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Erin Pruckno, a preschool teacher in Washington, D.C. (clockwise from top left); Mei-Ling Uliasz, a second-grade teacher in Danbury, Conn.; Elizabeth Metzger, right, an educator in south Florida, with a friend at a football game; and Mathias "Spider" Schergen, who teaches at Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts in Chicago. Elissa Nadworny/NPR (left column) and Courtesy of Mei-Ling Uliasz and Elizabeth "Biz" Metzger hide caption
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Schergen teaching his sixth-graders at Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts in Chicago. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption