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2010 Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling, with President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The National Teacher of the Year is a professional award in the United States. The program began in 1952, as a project by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and aims to reward excellence in teaching.
American Federation of Teachers. The American Federation of Teachers ( AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association ). The union was founded in Chicago. John Dewey and Margaret Haley were founders. [ 2][ 3][ 4][ 5]
Website. www .johntaylorgatto .com. John Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 [ 3] – October 25, 2018 [ 4]) was an American author and school teacher. After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences.
The rapid expansion of education past age 14 set the U.S. apart from Europe for much of the 20th century. [ 82] From 1910 to 1940, high schools grew in number and size, reaching out to a broader clientele. In 1910, for example, 9% of Americans had a high school diploma; in 1935, the rate was 40%. [ 190]
Selection. Teacher in Space Project (1985) Missions. STS-51-L ( disaster) Mission insignia. Sharon Christa McAuliffe ( née Corrigan; September 2, 1948 – January 28, 1986) was an American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire who died on the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where she was serving as a payload specialist.
An American history teacher who made a career working at international schools across multiple continents, the 63-year-old had been a "happy-go-lucky" person since boyhood, the kind of educator ...
Chris Dier. Chris Dier (born July 2, 1988) is an American educator and author. He taught in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, for a decade before transitioning to Benjamin Franklin High School in New Orleans. Dier was named the 2020 Louisiana Teacher of the Year and a 2020 National Teacher of the Year Finalist.
A lot of U.S. history is too good to be true — and actually is not. Sometimes fact is ignored, or teachers miss the latest, and these tales are examples. Lies About American History We Were All ...