Celebrate: Teacher Day / Teachers Appreciation Week - Interesting Facts from Census Bureau

In 1944, Mattye Whyte Woodridge, an Arkansas teacher, began corresponding with political and educational leaders about establishing a national observance to honor teachers. This effort bore fruit when Congress proclaimed National Teacher Day in 1953. But the proclamation referred to that year only. In the late 1970s, the National Education Association (NEA) and its affiliates began observing Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March. That continued until 1985 when the NEA and the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) expanded this to a full week and moved it to the first week of May. At the same time, the Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week became National Teacher Day. To pay tribute to the nation’s educators, the Census Bureau presents a selection of statistics about teachers and their work.

Click here for the Cenus Bureau's "Facts for Features and Special Editions" statistics relating to this celebration.

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