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Emporia State Students Launch Fundraiser for Teachers Hall

The students are trying to raise $1 million in one semester by encouraging people across the country to honor a teacher. Read More


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Congressman Moran to Announce Exciting NTHF News on Friday

Kansas First District Congressman Jerry Moran will hold a news conference at 8:45 A.M. on Friday, August 17th, to announce some exciting news for The National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF). The conference will be held in the atrium in Visser Hall on the Emporia State University campus. Read More


Kansas State Teachers of the Year to Visit The National Teachers Hall of Fame

The National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) will be honored with a visit from Etta Blanche Dahlgren, resident of Kansas City, Kansas, 1963 Kansas State Teacher of the Year, and graduate of Kansas State Teachers College (now Emporia State University). Read More


AACTE’s first taste of the National Teachers Hall of Fames

New York -- In the Big Apple, The National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) spiced up the annual conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) with a sponsored panel and the ascension to Chair-elect of the AACTE Board of Directors by Dr. Kay Schallenkamp, of long-time NTHF board member and current president of Black Hills State University in South Dakota. Read More


2006 NTHF Auction Results

The National Teachers Hall of Fame, an organization established in 1989 to honor PreK- 12 teachers and the teaching profession, hosted its annual auction Nov. 14 – 16. This year’s auction raised $17,076, which will be used to support the NTHF’s educational programs that address the recognition, recruitment, and retention of early career teachers. Read More


5 to be inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame

EMPORIA, KANSAS — Five teachers from Washington to Virginia recently found out they’ve been selected for induction into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in a series of surprise announcements. Read More


National Teachers Hall of Fame changes announced

EMPORIA, KANSAS - - Each year during the month of June hundreds gather in Emporia, Kansas to honor five outstanding teachers from all over the United States. Emporia has been home to the nations only National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) since 1989. Read More


NTHF inductee named national finalist for Teacher of the Year

Ron Poplau, National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee (Class of 1999) and 2006 Kansas Teacher of the Year, was recently named as one of four finalists for the 2006 National Teacher of the Year. The announcement for the national honor was made by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). The National Teacher of the Year program, presented by the ING Foundation, is a project of CCSSO and is sponsored by Scholastic Inc. Read More


NTHF Inductee Named Wal-Mart's National Teacher of the Year

WEST BRANCH, IOWA - Dr. Hector Ibarra, National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee (Class of 1998), has been named the 2005 Wal-Mart's National Teacher of the Year. Read More


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