article_snippet: Three American teachers are part of a group of ten finalists from across the world who could win $1million dollars and a title that's considered to be the Nobel Prize of teaching.
article_snippet: The winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, which is awarded to a teacher for a teacher or a teacher efforts in promoting global citizenship in the classroom, will be announced on Sunday in Dubai.
article_snippet: Aside from committing to being a teacher for at least five more years, The winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, which is awarded to a teacher for his or her efforts in promoting global citizenship in the classroom can spend the $1million on whatever they'd like.
article_snippet: If Atwell wins the prize, Atwell said Atwell will donate 'every penny' to the Center for Teaching and LearningTeaching and Learning.
article_snippet: The winning teacher will be chosen by a global academy made up of prominent individuals, including academy award winning actor Kevin Spacey; social activist Geoffrey Canada; entrepreneur Baroness Martha Lane Fox; and Carina Wong, Deputy Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
article_snippet: The prize, which was launched in March 2014, aims to 'raise teacher respect across the world' and unearth 'thousands of stories of heroes that have transformed young people's lives', according to a press release from the foundation.
highlights_snippet: Atwell are three of ten finalists for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize, which will be announced Sunday .
  