Every year the NEA Foundation  honors teachers from across the country. This year the NEA Foundation will continue its tradition of honoring outstanding public school educators with the Salute to Excellence in Education Gala. This event will happen in Washington, DC in May. This award is known as “the Academy Award of Education.” One of these teachers could be honored with the top award of the NEA Member Benefits awardee.We have three amazing teachers join me who have been honored by the NEA Foundation with the Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence.:Stephanie Ballard from Brookings, SD, Kevin Gallagher from Pittsburgh, PA, Theresa Maughan from East Orange, NJ .More at  https://www.neafoundation.org/ideas-voices/exceptional-educators-honored-for-service-to-their-communities-and-the-teaching-profession/