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Ghana is transforming early childhood education by training 30,000 kindergarten teachers to replace rote memorization with play-based learning nationwide. The shift puts exploration, storytelling, and games at the heart of how young children build foundational skills.
Manorhaven Elementary School in Port Washington earned national Model School recognition for completely redesigning how teachers deliver instruction. The honor celebrates real changes that are helping students learn better.
A second grade teacher transformed her classroom from a place where 7-year-olds declared "I'm not a math kid" into a space filled with excitement and laughter. Her secret: ditching worksheets for games, hands-on activities, and giving students permission to learn at their own pace.
Kabale University is championing a fresh approach to math education that transforms classrooms into hands-on problem-solving spaces. Teachers are learning to make complex concepts click through real-world projects and student-led learning.
Rouble Nagi turned Mumbai slum walls into living textbooks and won the world's top teaching prize. Her art-based learning centers have reached thousands of first-generation learners across India.
Teachers using Imagine IM math curriculum now get extra support through a partnership with Modern Classrooms Project, helping students solve problems better and grow faster in math. Districts keeping consistent teaching methods paired with ongoing teacher training are seeing real improvements in student achievement.
An Indian educator who transformed abandoned walls into vibrant outdoor learning centers for over one million children just won the world's largest teaching award. Her secret weapon? Art that turns entire neighborhoods into partners in education.
After 26 years in the classroom, San Diego teacher Jen Roberts turned to AI not as a cheating concern, but as a way to help students improve their writing faster. Her approach is helping educators rethink how technology can make teaching more human, not less.
An Indian educator who transformed abandoned walls into outdoor classrooms just won the world's top teaching award. Rouble Nagi has brought more than one million children into formal education over 20 years using art as her teaching tool.
An artist from India who transforms neglected walls into outdoor classrooms just won the world's most prestigious teaching award. Rouble Nagi has created 850 learning murals across 100 disadvantaged communities over two decades.
An art teacher who turned slum walls into outdoor classrooms just won the world's largest teaching award. Rouble Nagi's "Living Walls of Learning" have brought education to thousands of children across India who were left behind by traditional schools.