Those participating in the teachers program came from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the state Department of Defense, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Overseas educators came from European countries, Australia, Costa Rica, Korea, South Africa and New Zealand. In the U.S., each state's department of education and the District of Columbia chooses one teacher for the annual award. Islands use a similar method, and teachers from foreign countries apply to their governments. LaSaracina told her math class the showing was a vote of support.
Evil is easy.
Destruction is easy. Construction of good things is hard and we want to be in the construction business. Across the Atlantic Ocean, Norwegian teacher Cathrine Sundhaug said she planned to wear her suit yesterday to spread a message of international unity and tolerance. In Palmer, Alaska, Patricia Truman spent last week helping her eighth-grade language arts students make sense of the destruction thousands of miles away from their homes. Palmer wore her NASA suit, not to talk more about the tragedy, but to discuss space exploration and give students hope for the future.