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SPECIAL INITIATIVE: HONORED INNOVATOR AWARD
In partnership with Facebook, we are proud to present the Honored Innovator Award: a 6-month special initiative recognizing teachers innovating in the classroom during COVID.
HONORED INNOVATOR: OCTOBER 2021
Victoria Cotton
Friendship Public Charter School: Chamberlain Elementary
Washington, DC
“One of the unexpected benefits of teaching online in this way was that she was able to also capture the attention of the families. They felt welcome and included, which is something she strives to provide to all of her students and their families.”
- Alexis Cotton, Nominator
Our Mission
Honored is a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping great teachers in the classroom and to inspiring a new generation of talent to pursue teaching. We are committed to elevating the teaching profession by recognizing teachers across the country who are changing students’ lives and by illuminating the unparalleled possibilities of a career in teaching.
Our Honorees
They teach in public, public charter, and private schools alike; they teach students from kindergarten to 12th grade; they teach subjects from math to theater to PE. So what do they all have in common? They are making important impacts on the lives of their students, every day.
A New Way
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Honoring Inclusion
We celebrate all kinds of deserving teachers in all kinds of different schools across the country, without bias or partisanship.
ONE-TO-ONE
Informed by research, we focus on the relationship between a single teacher and student that is instrumental in student success.
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