National Teachers Hall of Fame

It also has a teacher resource center, and a recognition program, which recognizes five of the nation's most outstanding educators each June.

[1] The Hall of Fame annually honors five teachers who have demonstrated commitment and dedication to teaching children.

Additionally, teachers are presented with a certificate and an online entry in the Wall of Fame database.

[4] On June 13, 2013, then-NTHF executive director Carol Strickland, along with former ESU President Michael Shonrock, Bill Maness, representing U.S.

Senator Jerry Moran, and former mayor Rob Gilligan, broke ground by the one-room school house located on the Emporia State campus to build a memorial for the educators who have fallen in the "line of duty".

Former U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan looks at a copy of Helpful Hints for the Rural Teacher at the National Teachers Hall of Fame in 2012.
Memorial for Fallen Educators with the one-room school house in the background