A Tribute to Teachers 2010

everybody remembers a favorite teacher. whether it was someone who pushed you harder, who became your friend or who simply made you think about the world in a different way, educators stay with us long after the last day of school. for individuals who can have such an impact on our lives, teachers rarely get the recognition they deserve. that's why manhattan media started the blackboard awards for teachers. the idea is to salute those classroom leaders who not only nail the basics but who go above and beyond to help their students succeed. selecting this year's honorees was no easy task. we received more than 250 nominations from parents, students, principals and other professionals through our website, www.blackboardawards.com. our editorial team culled down those nominations to the select group of outstanding educators profiled in these pages. in addition to these profiles, each teacher will be honored at a june 7 awards ceremony at fordham university law school. we salute all the nominees, and give a big thank you to the sponsors of the blackboard awards for teachers: fordham university, glenwood, the city university of new york, columbia university teachers college, the united federation of teachers, hunter college and verizon. they wrote the book a family tradition guided by imagination math made magic exciting young minds big ideas for little minds the force is with her talented in any language an artistic approach to learning a song in the classroom teacher's push to succeed the language of learning active classroom, engaged minds vision for a classroom