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📚Classroom to Newsroom🗞️ 🇮🇹Vanity Fair Italia featured Daniela Boscolo’s insights on holiday homework. #ClassroomToNewsroom #GlobalTeacherPrize #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #TeachersInspireTeachers #NewsUpdates #TeacherNews #InTheNews

🔦Teacher Spotlight 🇻🇪GTP Ambassador Ron Davis Alvarez grew up in a dangerous area of Caracas, Venezuela. 🎶 At age 10, everything changed for him when he joined El Sistema, a publicly funded music-education program. 🏅Becoming a Master of Music, Ron's skills became internationally recognised, spreading the El Sistema magic. 🇸🇪In Sweden, he founded the Dream Orchestra using music to help 100s of young war refugees find hope and integration. #TeacherSpotlight #GlobalTeacherPrize #MusicEducation #EducationMatters #TeachersMatter #MondayMotivation #TeachersInspireTeachers

📚Classroom to Newsroom🗞️ 🇪🇸Chica Noticias featured William Rafael Caldera Pantoja being honoured by the Assembly of Córdoba for his contribution to teaching. #ClassroomToNewsroom #GlobalTeacherPrize #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #TeachersInspireTeachers #NewsUpdates #TeacherNews #InTheNews

#️⃣TrendingTeachers ✨GTP Ambassador James Kidiga spoke at the African Union Pan-African Conference on Girls & Women's Education. 🇪🇹James was invited to Ethiopia to speak alongside government ministers and education leaders to advocate for quality education for women and girls in Africa. #TrendingTeachers #PANCOGEd #AfricanUnion #TeachersMatter #GlobalTeacherPrize #EducationForAll #EducationMatters

🔦Teacher Spotlight 🇧🇷GTP Ambassador Francisco Freitas embraced the challenge of teaching at a penitentiary in Brazil. ✏️His students, from poor neighbourhoods, faced deep-rooted prejudices and many had dropped out of education years ago. 🎶So Francisco launched the RAP Project, using music & poetry to promote peace and human rights, helping 150+ troubled teens. 🏅Francisco’s innovative methods earned him multiple awards including the prestigious “Transforming Educator” award at Bett Brasil, the largest innovation for education event in Latin America. #TeacherSpotlight #TeacherStories #TransformativeEducation #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #wednesdayinspiration #TeachersInspireTeachers #rapproject #GlobalTeacherPrize

⏱️Learn in 60s Join GTP Ambassador Toni Garcia Arias as he explains 3 ways to combat bullying, against the clock! Watch on to find out more. #Learnin60s #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #GlobalTeacherPrize #BullyingAwareness #FridayWisdom #StopBullying #TeachersInspireTeachers

📚Classroom to Newsroom🗞️ 🇦🇷Argentinian newspaper LA NACION features GTP Ambassador Ana María Stelman’s insights on connecting education and work. #ClassroomToNewsroom #GlobalTeacherPrize #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #TeachersInspireTeachers #NewsUpdates #TeacherNews #InTheNews

It’s the last opportunity to double your impact! The Varkey Foundation has proudly partnered with Room to Read to boost educator training where it’s needed most. All funds donated before 30 June will be matched, while funds remain. Act now! Donate here: https://www.roomtoread.org #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #VarkeyFoundation #RoomToRead #sdg4qualityeducation #sdg4 #LiteracyForAll #MatchedFunding

Last year Sister Zeph won the Global Teacher Prize for her remarkable work in education in Pakistan. At age 13, Sister Zeph created a school in her own home for children in her community because she saw a need. Twenty-six years later, she has taught hundreds of children, provided financial assistance to families, and run self-defense classes for girls and vocational training for thousands of women. Sister Zeph also used original Urdu-language books from Room to Read for her school. Help Room to Read ensure every child has a great teacher like Sister Zeph. Donate today and your donation will be matched by Varkey Foundation, doubling its impact! To donate, head to Room to Read website: https://www.roomtoread.org sister zeph #TeachersMatter #SupportTeachers #EducationMatters #GlobalTeacherPrize #LiteracyForAll #RoomToRead #SupportingEducators #GlobalEducation #sdg4qualityeducation #sdg4

🔦Teacher Spotlight 🇺🇸Teaching underprivileged students in rural Oklahoma, Akash Patel faced a challenge - diversity was rare. 🎖So, he used his travel experiences to make lessons unforgettable and achieved awards within his first year of teaching. 🌎Going on to found the Happy World Foundation to promote global education, he mobilised over 1000 volunteers from 150+ countries and trained 5000+ teachers in multicultural programs, spreading his impact worldwide.  🙌Last month he was re-elected for the prestigious position of Chairman of the United Nations Association of the United States.  #TeacherSpotlight #TeachersMatter #GlobalTeacherPrize #EducationMatters #GlobalEducation #TeacherStories #TeachersInspireTeachers #MondayMotivation