One Million Dollars Awarded to Teacher

According to CNN, a Palestinian teacher was awarded $1M for her contributions to her profession of teaching elementary-aged students. At a ceremony located in Dubai, she was awarded the Global Teacher Prize. She accepted the award and stated that it was "a win for all teachers in general and Palestinian teachers in particular." Something that she also said was "Believe in your ideas, work on them, convince people of your ideas, challenge the whole world, convince people of your ideas so you can spread them and you will find yourself here."

-Destinee Testerman