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Nancie Atwell
American educator
Nancie Atwell is an American educator who in became the first recipient of the Global Teacher Prize,[3] a $1&#;million award presented by the Varkey Foundation to "one innovative and caring teacher who has made an inspirational impact on their students and their community".[4][5][6]
Career
A teacher since , Atwell started her career in western New York, but found traditional teaching methods constraining.[7]
In Atwell founded the nonprofit Center for Teaching and Learning, a school at Edgecomb in rural Maine where students read an average of 40 books a year, choose which books they read, and write prolifically.[8][7][5][3] She donated the $1&#;million from her Global Teacher Prize to the upkeep, development, and scholarships of the school, which is also a demonstration school for developing and disseminating teaching methods.[8][9]
