Teacher of the Year:
Barbara Hester
School
Ballard High School
Subject Area
Art
Grade Level
9, 10, 11, 12
National Teacher of the Year Sponsors
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Program Partners
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), helps Americans plan, invest and protect their savings - to get ready to retire better.
ETS strives to provide innovative and meaningful measurement solutions that improve teaching and learning, expand educational opportunities, and inform policy.
Scholastic was founded in 1920 as a single classroom magazine. Today, Scholastic books and educational materials are in tens of thousands of schools and tens of millions of homes worldwide, helping to Open a World of Possible for children across the globe.
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Education Commission of the States (ECS) partners with education policy leaders to address issues by sharing resources and expertise. ECS serves both the people who develop and implement education policy and the students who directly benefit from effective policy change.