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Obama Honors Burbank Middle School’s Best as 2012 Teacher of the Year
In a country blessed with an abundance of extraordinary educators, what does it take to stand out as the Teacher of the Year? According...
School Teachers Who Won Mega Millions Lottery, Will Keep Working
Three Maryland winners sharing the record $656 million lottery payoff are remaining anonymous but garnering praise for their intentions to continue teaching school children.
The...
Ellen DeGeneres Helps Heroic Teacher Who Pledged to Work for Free
Last month, teachers in Chester, Pennsylvania were hailed as heroes when they pledged to work for free after their school district ran out of...
Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering...
Retired US Teacher Tackles Geometry at Kenyan School She Built
A retired Menlo Park teacher completed her seventh summer volunteering to teach math at a high school for girls in Africa -- a school...
The Plea that Opened Hearts; Inner-city School Teacher Takes Action
"The school year had barely begun at Admiral Seymour elementary when teacher Carrie Gelson, frustrated after a difficult day at work, wrote an impassioned...
SPIDER-MAN Honors NY English Teacher as ‘Everyday Super Hero’
The Broadway show SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark announced the second honoree of their "Everyday Heroes" initiative: a high school English teacher, Jacqueline Morelli...
Football Star Spending the Lockout As a Substitute Teacher
What does an NFL player do during months of forced lockout and unending labor disputes with football team owners?
Some athletes are working out with...
We Did It! Donations Deliver 55 ‘Good Happens’ T-shirts for Teachers (Photo)
All the teachers at Stevenson Elementary school wore their new tee shirts on Friday. "Everyone was so appreciative and touched by the shirts," says...
Chicago Teachers Surprise Students with “Thriller” Flash Mob (Video)
Teachers at Chicago's Gary Comer College Prep surprised their students this week performing a flash mob performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
The South Side school...
Inner City School Teacher Needs Our Help
I got a note from a mental health counselor at an inner city elementary school about an epidemic of negativity in her Dayton, Ohio...
Awesome Fifth Grader Donates Entire $300 Savings To Stop Teacher Layoffs
Thousands of layoff notices have been delivered to teachers nationwide, but one fifth grader has inspired an entire school district to show their appreciation...
A Moving Look at Japanese Kids and their Homeroom Teacher
"In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion...
100 Incredibly Useful YouTube Channels for Teachers and Homeschoolers
Teachers and homeschoolers can infuse multimedia into their daily lessons with YouTube as an excellent starting point.
Plenty of universities, nonprofits, museums and media companies...
Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher
Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague...
Teacher’s Encouraging Notes Make Difference in Test Scores
A Texas middle school teacher tried an experiment that paid off handsomely this spring. He wrote personal letters to 40 of his seventh-grade students...
LA Teacher Makes Algebra Cool With Hip-hop Beat
The class of eighth graders at a Los Angeles middle school tap their rulers and nod their heads to the rhythm of the rap...
Teacher of the Year Honored for Letting Students Create With Individual Learning Styles
In the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, President Obama honored the 2010 National Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling, from Johnston High...
Teachers of the Year Honored at the White House
President Obama last week honored a retired New York police captain, special education teacher Anthony Mullen, as the nation's top teacher. ...
Teacher Finds a Way to Get her Students to Washington
Students from the all-black school in Selma, Ala., will get a chance to witness history – and wear their new winter parkas....