American's Teacher's Day
Tuesday of the first full week of May, will beNational Teachers' Day every year, a time forhonoring teachers and recognizing the lastingcontributions they make to our lives. The actualdate varies from year to year. That whole week isdesignated Teacher Appreciation Week by theNational PTA. It's a time to strengthen supportand respect for teachers and the teachingprofession. The history of Teacher Day goes backto 1944.
The origins of National Teacher Day are a bit murky, but it's known that an Arkansasteacher, Mrs. Mattye Whyte Woodridge, began corresponding with political and educationleaders as early as 1944 about the need for a national day honoring teachers. One of theleaders she wrote to was Eleanor Roosevelt, who persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaima National Teacher Day in 1953.
In the late 1970s, the National Education Association(NEA), its Indiana and Kansas stateaffiliates, and its local affiliate in Dodge City, Kansas, all lobbied Congress on behalf ofcreation of a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7,
1980 as NationalTeacher Day for that year only.NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in Marchuntil 1985, when NEA and the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as thefirst full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday ofthat week National Teacher Day.
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