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Intermediate Schools' Challenge is open to students in their middle two years (ages 13–15), and Junior Schools' Challenge is open to students in their first two years of secondary school (ages 11–13). Schools currently pay an annual rate to enter teams into these competitions, with the maximum rate being £100 for two teams in each section.
The Global Teacher Prize is an annual US$1 million award by the Varkey Foundation to a teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Nominations of teachers who meet specific criteria are open to the worldwide public, and teachers can also nominate themselves. [ 4 ]
Framework for teachers and education professionals to plan, develop and evaluate their arts and cultural provision United Kingdom: Global Teacher Prize: Varkey Foundation: Teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession United Kingdom: International School Award: British Council
Braun, Robert J. Teachers and Power: The Story of the American Federation of Teachers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. ISBN 0-671-21167-6 online; Cain, Timothy Reese. "For Education and Employment: The American Federation of Teachers and Academic Freedom, 1926–1941." History of Higher Education Annual, 26 (2007), 67–102.
Facing History & Ourselves is a global non-profit organization founded in 1976. [1] The organization's mission is to "use lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate." [2] The organization is based in Boston, Massachusetts, with 180 staff members in the main office and in other U.S. states. [3]
A special three day exhibition match, Jeopardy! ' s IBM Challenge, aired February 14 to 16, 2011, and featured IBM's Watson computer facing off against Jennings and Rutter in two games, played over three shows. [43] This was the first man-vs.-machine competition in Jeopardy! ' s history. [44]
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National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC is a question-writing and quiz bowl tournament-organizing company founded by former players in 1996. It is unique among U.S. quiz organizations for supplying questions and hosting championships at the middle school , high school , and college levels.