The winner, who will be announced Oct. 18 at the Madison Center for the Arts, will be gifted $15,000 from the Arizona Educational Foundation.

English teacher Ashlie Crosson spoke to 7,000 educators at NEA Assembly, describing her journey from questioning her career to recognizing the "deeply political" aspects of teaching.

A Park City School District social studies teacher Joanna Andres is one of the “Fab Five” finalists for the 2026 Utah Teacher ...

A list of 15 finalists for the 2026 Arkansas Teacher of the Year was narrowed Monday to five semifinalists at an event at the ...

The Maine Department of Education announced eight educators were selected as semifinalists for the 2026 Maine Teacher of the ...

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — Louisiana’s teachers and principal of the year were announced Saturday, July 26. According to the ...

Beaubouef said he wouldn’t have been able to achieve this milestone without the help from fellow teachers in the parish.

The National Teacher of the Year is chosen by an independent selection committee consisting of representatives of national K-12 education organizations, including the NEA and their union ...

Rebecka Peterson, a high school math teacher from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the nation's 2023 Teacher of the Year. Peterson is not just any calculus instructor -- the Oklahoma mathematician, previously ...

Alhassan Susso is a teacher at a high school in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx who has won numerous awards, including a national teacher-of-the-year prize in 2020. He has just been recognized ...

Three teachers in West Tennessee school districts have been named as finalists for the state's 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year award, the Tennessee Department of Education announced Wednesday.