article_snippet: Nancie Atwell from Edgecomb, Maine, received the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize from former President Bill Clinton during a presentation ceremony in Dubai on Sunday.
article_snippet: Nancie Atwell from Edgecomb, Maine, received the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize from former President Bill Clinton during a presentation ceremony in Dubai on Sunday .
article_snippet: Nancie Atwell holds the prize at the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) 2015 in Dubai, alongside His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai (center), President Bill Clinton (left), Honorary Chairman of the Varkey Foundation and Sunny Varke (right)y, Founder of the Varkey Foundation .
article_snippet: I am grateful to the Varkey Foundation for shining a light on teaching as a powerful profession, one of fulfillment, creativity, and lasting worth.'
article_snippet: Sunny Varkey, Founder of the Varkey Foundation and the Global Teacher Prize, said: . '
article_snippet: I want to congratulate Nancie Atwell for being the very first recipient of the Global Teacher Prize.
highlights_snippet: Nancie Atwell received the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize .
  
highlights_snippet: Told the Daily Mail Online Nancie Atwell will celebrate in New York, but all of the money will be going to Nancie Atwell school - The Center for Teaching and Learning .