Fourth-grader Isiah Soto digests some history during independent reading time. Emily Hanford/American Public Media hide caption
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., waves after speaking to supporters on Nov. 4 in Knoxville. Wade Payne/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Maryann Wolfe talks with Mawi Fasil during her AP American government class at Oakland Technical High School. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Teacher Joshua Weinstein at the controls of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk above northern New Jersey. He says he had wanted to be a pilot since he was in first grade. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
The Allen Company alphabet board dates back to 1840. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was the No. 4 philanthropist in 2013, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
Erin Pruckno, a preschool teacher in Washington, D.C. (clockwise from top left); Mei-Ling Uliasz, a second-grade teacher in Danbury, Conn.; Elizabeth Metzger, right, an educator in south Florida, with a friend at a football game; and Mathias "Spider" Schergen, who teaches at Jenner Elementary Academy of the Arts in Chicago. Elissa Nadworny/NPR (left column) and Courtesy of Mei-Ling Uliasz and Elizabeth "Biz" Metzger hide caption
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