Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E toru ngā kaiako o Amerika kei roto i tētahi rōpū tekau o ngā kaitono whakamutunga mai i te ao katoa ka taea te wikitōria i te $1 miriona tāra me tētahi taitara e kiia ana ko te Nobel Prize o te whakaako. Ko te toa o te Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, e whakawhiwhia ana ki tetahi kaiako mo ana mahi ki te whakatairanga i te taangata o te ao i roto i te akomanga, ka panuitia i te Ratapu i Dubai. I tua atu i te whakaū i a ia ki te noho hei kaiako mō ētahi atu tau e rima, ka taea e te toa te whakapau i te $1 miriona ki ngā mea katoa e hiahia ana ia. E ai ki USA Today, tata ki te 75 tau te roa o te wheako o ngā kaiako o Amerika tokotoru i te whiringa toa. Ko Nancie Atwell, 63, he kaiako reo Ingarihi me te tuhituhi i Maine. I whakatuhia e ia tetahi kura whakaaturanga motuhake i Edgecomb, a ko ia te kaituhi o nga pukapuka e iwa. I tīmata ia ki te whakaako i te tau 1973. Ko Naomi Volain, 56, he kaiako pūtaiao kura tuarua i Springfield, Massachusetts. Ahakoa he tohunga kai ia i te timatanga - he kaituhi rongoā i muri mai - he nui te whakamoemiti ki a ia mo ana akoranga mahi i roto i te pūtaiao taiao me te maatauranga o waho i roto i ona tau 17 o te whakaako. Ko Nancie Atwell, 63, he kaiako reo Ingarihi me te tuhituhi i Maine. I whakatūria e ia tētahi kura whakamātautau tūmataiti i Edgecomb mō ngā tamariki kōhungahunga tae noa ki ngā ākonga tau waru i te tau 1990. Ko Stephen Ritz, 52, he kaiako kura tuatahi i te rohe o South Bronx o New York City. I waihangahia e ia tētahi hōtaka huarākau me te kai iti-utu, ā, i arahina ia me ōna ākonga ki te whakatū neke atu i te 100 ngā huarākau puta noa i New York. I kī a Atwell e whakapono ana ia ko te whakaako i ngā toi reo tētahi o ngā mahi tino nui, nā te mea he 'tino nui,' engari he 'kōrero nui' me te 'whakaaro'. Ka mea ia: 'Ka taea e au te whakaatu he aha te mea ka taea, te whakaako i nga mea whai hua, te whakarite i nga tikanga e akiaki ana i te whakauru, te tautoko i te mahi pakeke o te pānui me te tuhituhi, me te koa ki nga momo whanaungatanga me nga taiohi i kukume ahau ki te maatauranga i te tuatahi. 'Na te mea ka whiriwhiria e aku akonga nga pukapuka ka pānuihia, me nga kaupapa ka tuhia e ratou, ka taea e au te awhina i a ratou ki te rapu...
Ko Nanci Atwell, ko Naomi Volain me Stephen Ritz e toru o nga kaitono whakamutunga tekau mo te Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, ka panuitia i te Ratapu. E toru ngā tau o te wheako o ēnei kaiako e toru. Ka whakaako a Atwell i te reo Ingarihi i Edgecomb, Maine, i tetahi kura i whakatuhia e ia i te tau 1990. Ko Volain, no Springfield, Massachusetts, e arotahi ana ki ngā akoranga pūtaiao ā-ringa. I waihangahia e Ritz tētahi hōtaka kai iti-utu, kawe hoki i New York City. Ko Amerika anake te whenua e nui ake ana i te kotahi te kaitono whakamutunga i roto i te whakataetae.