Congratulations to the Class of 2019 Top 50 Finalists in the Global Teacher Prize!

The Top 50 Finalists in the Global Teacher Prize, run by the Varkey Foundation (headquarters in London), were just announced. One of these fabulous teachers, who were selected from tens of thousands of nominations from over 170 countries, will win a $1 million prize in March. These 50 are also now Varkey Teacher Ambassadors, which is a group dedicated to promoting the teaching profession and educational programs and advocacy on a global scale. As a three-year member of the VTA Advisory Board, I will have the distinct pleasure of welcoming the new finalists into this program in Dubai in March. There is no group of educators like this on the planet, and being the 5th year of the program, we have nearly 250 teacher ambassadors.

Here are the 100 VTAs who were in Dubai in March, 2018.