Education
Teacher Appreciation Week 2012
May 7-11 marks Teacher Appreciation Week. People across the nation are taking the time to honor their favorite educators and discuss the state of the teaching profession.
- This week, students, parents, administrators, political officials, and others shared their admiration for teachers. Many have taken to Twitter to express their gratitude, often encouraging others to do the same.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we would like to thank all our teacher followers for the work they do. #thankateacher
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day! Thank you for inspiring us & shaping our future. Join us today & #thankateacher.
No other profession carries a greater burden for securing our economic future & no other profession deserves more respect. #thankateacher
My 6th grade teacher helped me to imagine myself as a citizen of the world. Let’s celebrate educators today and every day. #ThankaTeacher
Thanks to my AP English teacher, Mr. Litchfield. I never got to thank him in person, as he passed from cancer before I could #thankateacher
"Thanks Mr. L for encouraging me to wear a belt. Makes a huge difference!" #thankateacher
I'm grateful to the teachers who educated me and gave me a chance to get where I am today. #thankateacher this Teacher Appreciation Week
For helping me to be me & helping me develop social skills, I'd like to #thankateacher -- thank all my teachers from past to present!
A Big Thank You to Teachers! "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." — Henry... fb.me/1iC8dEZ0T
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day. Teachers deserve nothing less than to be a worldwide trending topic. #thankateacher- As part of its National Teachers Intiative, StoryCorps has compiled a series of conversations between teachers and the students whose lives they have touched. Listen to one of their stories below and hear the rest here.
Antero Garcia and Roger Alvarez | StoryCorpsAntero Garcia (R) taught Roger Alvarez (L) in his 9th grade English class at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles. Manual Arts has an o...- Secretary of Education Arne Duncan shares his appreciation for teachers in a Huffington Post opinion piece. Check out the piece below and read his Open Letter to American Teachers, published by Education Week last year.
Ask the TeachersWhen I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children. Th...- Not all of the tweets about Teacher Appreciation Week were glowing. Some expressed cynicism.
@educationweek in honor of teacher appreciation week, we would all appreciate if they would work more than 180 days a year
