President Obama last week honored a retired New York police captain, special education teacher Anthony Mullen, as the nation’s top teacher.
Teaching is not just about a paycheck — it’s a passion and it’s a calling,” Obama said. “Now, nobody, I think, exhibits that more than our honoree today.”
Watch the president celebrate all the regional Teachers of the Year in his first Rose Garden ceremony as president.
(Read more about Anthony Mullen via MSNBC)
National & State Teachers of the Year from White House.