National Teacher Day

National Teacher Day Facts & Quotes

• According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there were about 49.5 million kindergarten to grade 12 students enrolled into public school throughout the U.S. in fall 2021.
• According to Zippia, in the United States, 76% of teachers were women compared to men at 24% in 2022.
• According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, in 2021, the median pay for High School Teachers was $61,820.
• 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.
• The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth - Dan Rather
• There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must make sure that education wins the race - John F. Kennedy

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National Teacher Day Top Events and Things to Do

• Provide picture bouquets to teachers using pictures of current students with messages attached as leaves.
• Host a breakfast for teachers before school. Try to involve local stores as sponsors.
• Hang congratulatory or thankful banners on classroom doors.
• Have the community contribute gifts and gift certificates for teacher gift baskets.

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