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High School Math Teacher Named 2023 Teacher of the Year For Her ‘One Good Thing’ Classroom Ritual
Rebecka Peterson can add ‘Teacher of the Year’ to her ongoing classroom ritual of naming one good thing that happened each day.
The Tulsa, Oklahoma...
Work With Texas Immigrants Earns Her 2015 Teacher of the Year Honor
Shana Peeples, who teaches advanced English at Amarillo’s Palo Duro High School, has done wonders for kids who might normally remain invisible, both inside...
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...
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...
Teacher of the Year Takes on Failing Alabama School
Eighty-two percent of last year's fourth-graders couldn't read. This year, 73 percent of that same group are reading proficiently. "It should be obvious why...
A Teacher Promised His 1978 Class an Eclipse Party in 50 Years–And He Just Hosted It
The year was 1978: Prime Minister Aldo Moro had been kidnapped in Italy, the US Senatorial proceedings were broadcast on the radio for the...
Japan Earthquake ‘Miracle’ Reunites Arizona School Teacher With Her Japanese Host Family After 22 Years
After Japan’s 7.6 earthquake on January 1st, veteran educator Anne Hanson urgently sought to learn the fate of her former host family who live...
Canada Schoolteacher Finds Fossil that May Be 300 Million Years Old and Could Re-Write Fossil Record
A discovery which paleontologists are calling the find of a lifetime was recently turned up by a school teacher in Canada.
It could be 300...
Preschool Teacher Who Was Laid Off After 20 Years Wins $250,000 Lottery Prize
After a difficult few months, a preschool teacher hit a stroke of good luck when he decided to buy two lottery tickets, instead of...
Dozens of Proud Students Show Up in Court To Watch Their Teacher Become a US Citizen After 13 Years
After 13 long years, Annmarie Small has finally been granted US citizenship—and her students were all ready to support her during the ceremony.
Teacher Goes Above and Beyond to Help Teen Mom Years After Having Her in Class
This Chicago teacher did not hesitate to help a former student after she received a message at 3 in the morning last week.
Spiritual Teacher of 40 Years Explains Why the Power of Love Can Heal Everything
The Lesson: When confronted with adversity, it can sometimes be challenging to forge on. The path to turning difficulties into successes isn’t always an...
4-Year-Old’s Teacher Donates Kidney to Father In Need: ‘She’s An Amazing Lady’
Sharing is caring – and judging by what this teacher is sharing, she cares a lot.
Nancy Bleuer is a preschool teacher at Washington Charlie Brown...
Teacher Has Kept Petition for 61 Years as Memento of Student Kindness
After reading the heartwarming stories of Teacher Appreciation Week, Danny Beatty decided to submit his own touching tale of student kindness.
Danny started teaching at...
Kevin Bacon Surprises Teachers at Their Year End Pizza Party
While on location in the small town of Marfa, Texas, Kevin Bacon used his free time to drop by a school district end-of-year teacher...
Tears Flow As Kindergarten Teacher Sees A Student on TV 30 Years Later (WATCH)
Many of us remember our first teachers—and though they’ve likely had thousands of students throughout their teaching career, they often remember us, too.
One day, while watching...
37 years After Graduation, Student Sends High School Teacher $10,000
Kevin Perz took the idea of giving his favorite teacher an apple to another level.
The Kansas businessman stunned the woman who was his beloved...
41 Years Later Students Return to Surprise Beloved Teacher on Last Day
Mrs. Flexer has been a first-grade teacher for 41 years, and on her final day, a giant surprise was waiting in her classroom. Students...
9-Year-old Hero Saves Teacher Who Passed Out
A teacher in Poplar Bluff, Missouri is lucky that one of her nine-year-old students is a movie lover.
She was teaching her class at the...
Teacher Keeps Promise to Send Letters Students Wrote to Themselves 20 Years Ago
For the past four decades, a Saskatchewan high school English teacher has kept his commitment to thousands of former students by mailing them all...