Kimberly McCallum is a second-grade teacher at Liberty STEM Elementary in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. In her role leading the STEM club, she established and has grown the district’s travel program to three trips per year with students in elementary and middle school—including...
Nestled among the grand stone towers in San Gimignano, Italy, sits an unremarkable truffle shop. The outside of the store is identical to the surrounding buildings: rough, earthy stone warmed by the Tuscan sun, with red flowers blooming in cracked pots beside the...
Talk with Felice Prindle, 2026’s Traveling Teacher of the Year, and you’ll see her get easily choked up about the life-changing experience she’s had as the leader of Titan Service Scholars, a service learning program that has taken her and groups of dedicated students...
As I stood at the edge of the pool, gazing out at the crystal-clear water, I felt a thrill coursing through my veins. The water was whispering secrets, luring me to dive into its depths. I was about to snorkel with some of the most beautiful creatures I had ever laid...
While many of the teachers we’ve talked with over the years didn’t start out expecting to be educators, Rachael Urquhart, at age 13, was certain of her life’s dream. She learned to play clarinet in fourth grade and discovered that band was her passion. And every step...
Walking into the Holocaust Museum felt like encountering a silence that was deeper than anything I had witnessed before. The very air around me felt heavy, and it was as though I could hear millions of voices muffled into one single call begging to be heard. It was...
