Teacher Appreciation Week is May 2 – 6! Do You Feel Appreciated?(Take the Poll)
History of National Teacher Day The origins of National Teacher Day are murky. Around 1944 Arkansas teacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers. Woodridge wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt, who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day. NEA, along [...]
