Twenty-one teachers have been chosen to help support other teachers this summer in raising student achievement as part of a U.S. Department of Education Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative. These teachers, identified below, will participate in a series of Teacher Workshops across the country that will bring together some of the nation's most effective teachers and education experts to share the latest research-based classroom practices with their colleagues.

"Effective teachers are the key to fulfilling the promise of the No Child Left Behind Act," said U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. "The Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative will highlight real-world examples of how these teachers translate education research into practices that work in the classroom. Teachers are the true heroes of education, and we are pleased to be able to facilitate this exchange of information to help teachers and, ultimately, students."

Teachers and education experts who have been successful in closing achievement gaps among groups of students will share their strategies on: making data-driven decisions, raising student achievement, using effective approaches to teaching reading and mathematics, and working with special populations.

President Bush and Congress provided an unprecedented $5.1 billion in federal funding to support the teaching profession. The Education Department is committed to building upon teachers' success by listening to and learning from educators through the Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative. The initiative includes the summer workshops, teacher roundtables, a Research-to-Practice Teacher Summit in July, teacher toolkits and resource materials, and the weekly e-mail update "Teacher E-Bytes."

Teachers chosen to help support other teachers this summer in raising student achievement as part of the Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative include:

• Rhonda Naylor of Campus Middle School in Englewood, Colorado

• Barbara Millikan of Raleigh Park Elementary School in Portland, Oregon

• Judy Lyle of Brightword Elementary School in Monterey Park, California

• Ken Labuskes of Pittsburgh Public Schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Theresa Hinkle of John R. Kernodle Middle School in Greensboro, North Carolina

• Keil Hileman of Monticello Trails Middle School in Shawnee, Kansas

• John Snodgrass of The Leonard and Susan Fuchs Mizrachi School in University Heights, Ohio

• Angela Newing of Forsythe Middle School in Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Rebecca Frizzell of Graves County Schools in Mayfield, Kentucky

• Charles Ellenbogen of Baltimore City College High School in Baltimore, Maryland

• Chauncey Veatch of Coachella Valley High School in Thermal, California

• Patty Benitez of Wiggs Middle School in El Paso, Texas

• Kellie Brown, Chris Jones, and Jody Guarino of Chaparral Elementary School in Ladera Ranch, California

• Cheryl Krehbiel, Mary Doran Brown and Holly Searl of Broad Acres Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Beth Cole of St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School in Washington, D.C.

• Lynn Figurate of Manuel Real Elementary and Caryn Lewis of Good Hope Elementary schools in Perris, California

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