We all have that teacher who made a huge impact on our life, maybe even turned it around. What better time to honor that teacher than American Education Week?
American Education Week is a week created by the National Education Association and the American Legion. Initially, the low literacy rate of World War I draftees created a need for increasing public support of education.
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With that goal in mind, those two organizations launched American Education Week in 1921.
In 2018, American Education Week takes place from Nov. 12-16.
Getting in on the action, N.C. State's College of Education created the "Thank An Educator" movement to coincide with American Education Week. It gives you a chance to tell that special teacher in your life just how much they meant to you.
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You could even get a T-shirt for joining in, just don't even think of wearing one in Mrs. Loy's class.
Click here for more on the "Thank An Educator" movement
Note: The video in this article is from a story in May 2018 for the Teacher of the Year in Durham County.